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Regional1977

Battle of Massawa

Eritrea

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Battle of Massawa (1977), part of the Eritrean War of Independence. Ethiopia, USSR defeated Eritrean Rebels.

Belligerents3

  • Ethiopia
  • Soviet Union
  • Eritrean Rebels

ON THE MAPSoviet Union (Cold War)

Conflict graph

PART OFEritrean War of Independence

Sources

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

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