Battle of Jijiga

Battle of Jijiga
	Part of Ogaden War
	; Ethio-Somali War Map 1977
Date	September 1977 – 5 March 1978
Location	Jijiga, Ethiopia
Result	Somali victory (1977); Ethiopian victory (1978);
Belligerents
Ethiopia; Cuba	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
Casualties and losses
	1977:; Ethiopia:; 43 tanks destroyed; 28 APCs; 1978:; Cuba:; 6 T-62 destroyed; 8 T-62 damaged

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]

^ Lippman, Thomas W. "Somalia's Army Seen Ineffective After War Loss". The Washington Post.
^ Lippman, Thomas W. "Somalis Dig In For Bitter War Against Ethiopia". The Washington Post.
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^ "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.
^ Bruce D. Porter (1986-07-25). The USSR in Third World Conflicts: Soviet Arms and Diplomacy in Local Wars. pp. 185–186. ISBN 9780521310642.

[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.

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[Murakhovsky-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.

[Porter-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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Battle of Jijiga

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