battle, Cold War

Battle of Balidhiig

Name: Battle of Balidhiig
Location: Somaliland

Battle of Balidhiig was a battle fought in 1987 in what is now Somaliland. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. It was part of Q107177113. The recorded result: Government victory.

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Fought1987

WhereSomaliland8.368N, 45.919E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeGovernment victory

BelligerentsSomaliaagainstSomali National Movement

Casualties and losses30and380 total killed

Part ofQ107177113

Where it sits in Q107177113

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Record

Date	1987 (year precision)
Place	Somaliland 8.368N, 45.919E
Kind	Battle, Cold War
Territorial change	SNM invasion successfully repelled by the Somali National Army
Casualties and losses	30	380 total killed
Commanders	Mohammed Said Hersi Morgan	Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud

Placed at its recorded location; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Ual-Ual Incident 1934, 216 km SW
British attack on Berbera 1827, 250 km NW
Battle of Ecbatana 129 BC, 490 km SE
Siege of Aden 1513, 500 km N
Aden Expedition 1839, 500 km N

In the same war

Before: Battle of the Mountains 1984
After: Capture of Borama 1991

Elsewhere in 1987

Battle of Cuito Cuanavale Angola
Operation Earnest Will United Arab Emirates
Siege of Basra Iraq
Iraqi attack on USS Stark
Battle of Maaten al-Sarra Libya

Battle of Balidhiig is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q140590807, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Balidhiig, revision 1377857178, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.