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Battle of Jijiga
Part of Ogaden War

Ethio-Somali War Map 1977
DateSeptember 1977 – 5 March 1978
Location
Jijiga, Ethiopia
Result
  • Somali victory (1977)
  • Ethiopian victory[1] (1978)
Belligerents
Battle of Jijiga Ethiopia
Battle of Jijiga Cuba
Battle of Jijiga Somalia
Strength
1977:
25,000 soldiers
108 tanks, mostly M47s and M41s
1977:
unknown soldiers
124 tanks, mostly T-54/55
1978:
30,000 soldiers
30,000 militias[2]
Casualties and losses
1977:
Battle of Jijiga Ethiopia:
43 tanks destroyed
28 APCs[3]
1978:
Cuba Cuba:
6 T-62 destroyed
8 T-62 damaged[4]

The Battle of Jijiga was a series of battles that was part of the Ogaden War. The battles were fought in Jijiga, Ethiopia and was one the largest battles of the conflict.[5]

  1. ^ Lippman, Thomas W. "Somalia's Army Seen Ineffective After War Loss". The Washington Post.
  2. ^ Lippman, Thomas W. "Somalis Dig In For Bitter War Against Ethiopia". The Washington Post.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference stanford was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "ТОТАЛЬНАЯ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКАЯ ВОЙНА. НЕДОКУМЕНТАЛЬНЫЕ ЗАПИСКИ: Война между Эфиопией и Сомали 1977-78 гг. Page 2". Archived from the original on 2019-05-09. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
  5. ^ Bruce D. Porter (1986-07-25). The USSR in Third World Conflicts: Soviet Arms and Diplomacy in Local Wars. pp. 185–186. ISBN 9780521310642.

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