Ogden War

The Ogaden War, also known as the Ethio-Somali War, was a military conflict between Somalia and Ethiopia fought from July 1977 to March 1978 over control of the sovereignty of the Ogaden region. Somalia launched an invasion in support of the Western Somali Liberation Front (WSLF) insurgency, triggering a broader inter-state war. The intervention drew the disapproval of the Soviet Union, which subsequently withdrew its support for Somalia and backed Ethiopia instead.

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1977 — 1978  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Ethio-Somali War; Ethiopian-Somali War
Somali Democratic Republic, Western Somali Liberation Front, Derg, Democratic Yemen, Soviet Union, Somalia, Cuba, war, Ethiopia, 

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1977-07-23T00:00:00Z

1978-03-23T00:00:00Z

1977 — 1978 Ogden War

1935-12-15T00:00:00Z

1936-01-20T00:00:00Z

1935 — 1936 Ethiopian Christmas Offensive

1936-01-12T00:00:00Z

1936-01-20T00:00:00Z

1936 Battle of Genale Doria

1529-01-01T00:00:00Z

1543-01-01T00:00:00Z

1529 — 1543 Ethiopian–Adal War

1878-01-01T00:00:00Z

1904-01-01T00:00:00Z

1878 — 1904 Menelik II's conquests

1974-09-12T00:00:00Z

1991-06-04T00:00:00Z

1974 — 1991 Ethiopian Civil War

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Ethiopian T-55 tank, supplied by the Soviet Union, presumably during the Ogaden war with Somalia, 1977-78

Somalian tanks invade Ogaden region in Ethiopia, marking start of the Ogaden War.

Colonel Abdillahi Askar Barkhad

Cubans in Ogaden1

WSLF & Yusuf Dheere- the creator of WSLF

Yusuf Dheere & WSLF

The wing of a Somali MiG-21 shot down by the Ethiopian Air Force during the Ogaden War, as seen in an Ethiopian newspaper, 1977

Ethiopian revolutionary militiamen with weapons captured from the Somali Army during the Ogaden War, 1977

An Ethiopian cartoon of Siad Barre during the Ogaden War, 1978. The cartoon depicts Siad Barre (right) fleeing from an Ethiopian soldier and militiaman.

Damagedsomalitank.jgp

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
area	region	1995	Ethiopia	country, sovereign state, landlocked country	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1935	Ethiopian Christmas Offensive	Kingdom of Italy, Ethiopian Empire, military campaign	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1936	Battle of Genale Doria	Kingdom of Italy, Ethiopian Empire, battle	Wikidata
event	war	1529	Ethiopian–Adal War	Medri Bahri, Sultanate of Dahlak, Ajuuraan state, Adal Sultanate, Ottoman Empire, war, Ethiopian Empire, Portuguese Empire	Wikidata
event	war	1878	Menelik II's conquests	Ethiopian Empire, Hadiya Kingdom, Arsi people, Kingdom of Kaffa, Emirate of Harar, Dervish movement, Kingdom of Wolaita, series of wars	Wikidata
event	war	1974	Ethiopian Civil War	civil war	Wikidata
commons	image		Ethiopian T-55 tank, supplied by the Soviet Union, presumably during the Ogaden war with Somalia, 1977-78		Commons
commons	image		Somalian tanks invade Ogaden region in Ethiopia, marking start of the Ogaden War.		Commons
commons	image		Colonel Abdillahi Askar Barkhad		Commons
commons	image		Cubans in Ogaden1		Commons
commons	image		WSLF & Yusuf Dheere- the creator of WSLF		Commons
commons	image		Yusuf Dheere & WSLF		Commons
commons	image		The wing of a Somali MiG-21 shot down by the Ethiopian Air Force during the Ogaden War, as seen in an Ethiopian newspaper, 1977		Commons
commons	image		Ethiopian revolutionary militiamen with weapons captured from the Somali Army during the Ogaden War, 1977		Commons
commons	image		An Ethiopian cartoon of Siad Barre during the Ogaden War, 1978. The cartoon depicts Siad Barre (right) fleeing from an Ethiopian soldier and militiaman.		Commons
commons	image		Damagedsomalitank.jgp		Commons