battle, Cold War

Battle of Halhal

Name: Battle of Halhal
Location: Halhal, Eritrea

Battle of Halhal was a battle fought in 1962 at Halhal, in what is now Eritrea. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Halhal. It was part of the Eritrean War of Independence, which ran from 1961 to 1991. The recorded result: Ethiopian victory.

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Fought1962

WhereHalhal, Eritrea15.939N, 38.282E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeEthiopian victory

BelligerentsEthiopian EmpireagainstEritrean Liberation Front

Part ofEritrean War of Independence1961 to 1991

Where it sits in the Eritrean War of Independence

10 placed engagements of the Eritrean War of Independence in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1962 (year precision)
Place	Halhal, Eritrea 15.939N, 38.282E
Kind	Battle, Cold War

Placed at Halhal; 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

Battle of Keren 1941, 26 km SE
Battle of Afabet 1988, 51 km NE
Battle of Agordat 1941, 61 km SW
Siege of Barentu 1977, 117 km SW
Attack on Convoy BN 7 1940, 130 km E

In the same war

Before: Battle of Omal 1961
After: Battle of Ansaba 1963
All 10 engagements of Eritrean War of Independence

Elsewhere in 1962

Battle of Halhal is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 23 in present-day Eritrea.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q60524453, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Halhal, revision 1370442479, 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.