Regional1977

Battle of Dire Dawa

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Ethiopia

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Dire Dawa (1977), part of the Ogaden War. Ethiopia defeated Somalia.

Belligerents2

Ethiopia
Somalia

Conflict graph

PART OFOgaden War

Sources

HCED — Miller & Bakar (2023), Historical Conflict Event Dataset, J. Conflict Resolution 67(2-3)
Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges (HCED primary source)

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Cite as: Battle of Dire Dawa (1977). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/battle-of-dire-dawa · Sources & methodology