battle, Cold War

Battle of Cadaadley

Name: Battle of Cadaadley
Location: Somaliland

Battle of Cadaadley was a battle fought in 1988 in what is now Somaliland. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at its recorded location. It was part of Q110654542. The recorded result: SNM victory. Recorded strength: 3 brigades against 1 division.

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Fought1988

WhereSomaliland9.802N, 44.629E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeSNM victory

BelligerentsSomali National MovementagainstSomalia

Casualties and lossesUnknownand30 vehicles captured

Part ofQ110654542

Where it sits in Q110654542

3 placed engagements of Q110654542 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1988 (year precision)
Place	Somaliland 9.802N, 44.629E
Kind	Battle, Cold War
Strength	3 brigades	1 division
Casualties and losses	Unknown	30 vehicles captured
Commanders	Mohamed Farah Dalmar Yusuf

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

British attack on Berbera 1827, 82 km NE
Ual-Ual Incident 1934, 283 km S
Siege of Aden 1513, 334 km N
Aden Expedition 1839, 334 km N
Capture of Aden 1548, 336 km N

In the same war

Before: Battle of Burao 1988
After: Battle of Hargeisa 1988

Elsewhere in 1988

Battle for Hill 3234 Afghanistan
Operation Praying Mantis United Arab Emirates
Johnson South Reef skirmish Vietnam
Operation Ramadan ul-Mubarak Iraq
Battle of Afabet Eritrea

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

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q131620767, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Adadle, revision 1374513200, 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.