Ethiopo-Somali Border War (1982)

1982 Ethiopo-Somali Border War
1982 Ethiopo-Somali Border War
date	June — August 1982
A place	central areas of Somalia
Total	Victory of somalia
Opponents
Ethiopia (1974-1987); SDFS Eritrea Liberation Front; Eritrea Liberation Popular Front	Somalia
Commanders
Mengistu Haile Mariam; Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed	Muhammad Siad Barre

Ethiopo-Somali Border War of 1982 - fighting in June-August 1982, when Somali rebels with military support from Ethiopia (numbering up to 10 thousand people ^[1] ) invaded the central regions of Somalia and captured a number of settlements, including the cities of Balumbale and Galdogob. These hostilities served as a catalyst for the start of US military assistance to Somalia, which ended the skirmishes ^[2] ^[3] .

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↑ Somalia - History . Encyclopedia of the Nations . Advameg, Inc .. - Somalia: A Story. Date of treatment April 7, 2012.
↑ The History Guy: Wars between the East African neighbors of Ethiopia and Somalia. Ethiopia-Somali Border Clashes (1982 ) (inaccessible link) . Ethiopia-Somalia Wars and Conflicts . Roger A. Lee. - The war between the East African neighbors of Ethiopia and Somalia. Ethiopo-Somali border skirmishes (1982). Date of treatment April 7, 2012. Archived February 8, 2012.
↑ Somalia: Somalia's Difficult Decade, 1980-90 (inaccessible link) . Photius Coutsoukis. - Somalia: The Difficult Decade of Somalia, 1980-90. Date of treatment April 7, 2012. Archived February 7, 2012.

[1] Somalia - History . Encyclopedia of the Nations . Advameg, Inc .. - Somalia: A Story. Date of treatment April 7, 2012.

[2] The History Guy: Wars between the East African neighbors of Ethiopia and Somalia. Ethiopia-Somali Border Clashes (1982 ) (inaccessible link) . Ethiopia-Somalia Wars and Conflicts . Roger A. Lee. - The war between the East African neighbors of Ethiopia and Somalia. Ethiopo-Somali border skirmishes (1982). Date of treatment April 7, 2012. Archived February 8, 2012.

[3] Somalia: Somalia's Difficult Decade, 1980-90 (inaccessible link) . Photius Coutsoukis. - Somalia: The Difficult Decade of Somalia, 1980-90. Date of treatment April 7, 2012. Archived February 7, 2012.

Ethiopo-Somali Border War (1982)

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