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Somali invasion of Ogaden
Part of Ogaden War

Extent of Somali territory
Date13 July 1977 – October 1977
Location
Ogaden, Ethiopia
Result Somali victory
Territorial
changes
Somali forces capture 320,000 sq. Km of Ogaden.[1]
Belligerents
Somali invasion of Ogaden Ethiopia Somali invasion of Ogaden Somalia
Somali invasion of Ogaden WSLF
Strength
Somali invasion of Ogaden 51,000 soldiers (Initially)
45 tanks
58 guns[1]
Somali invasion of Ogaden 25,000 soldiers
200 tanks
250 APCs
Somali invasion of Ogaden15,000 fighters[1]

The Somali invasion of Ogaden took place in July 1977 when the Somali Army attacked in two formations. The main force had the aim of seizing Jijiga, Harar and Dire Dawa while a secondary force assaulted Dolo, Gode and Imi.[1]

The Somali National Army (SNA) committed to invade the Ogaden on 12 July 1977, according to Ethiopian Ministry of National Defense documents (some other sources state 13 July or 23 July).[2][3]

  1. ^ a b c d "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.
  2. ^ Tareke 2000, p. 644.
  3. ^ Ayele 2014, p. 106.

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