Battle of Afabet | |||||||
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Part of the Eritrean War of Independence and the Ethiopian Civil War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
EPLF |
Ethiopia Soviet Union [1] | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Mesfin Hagos Petros Solomon |
Getaneh Haile Wubetu Tsegaye | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
15,000 | 22,000[2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
2000 killed |
18,000+ killed or captured [2][2] 1 killed 3 captured | ||||||
The Battle of Afabet was a three-day battle fought from 17 March through 20 March 1988 in and around the town of Afabet, as part of the Eritrean War of Independence.[3] The battle has been described as being the largest battle in Africa since the Second Battle of El Alamein.[4] It has been described as the most significant battle in terms of military and political consequences since the Ethio-Somali War, alongside the 1989 Battle of Shire of the Ethiopian Civil War.[5]
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