battle, Cold War

Battle of Jijiga

Name: Battle of Jijiga
Location: Jijiga, Ethiopia

Battle of Jijiga was a battle fought in 1977 at Jijiga, in what is now Ethiopia; it ran into the following year. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Jijiga. It was part of Q318250. The recorded result: Somali victory (September 1977-February 1978); Ethiopian-Allied victory (March 1978).

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Fought1977ran into the following year

WhereJijiga, Ethiopia9.350N, 42.800E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeSomali victory (September 1977-February 1978); Ethiopian-Allied victory (March 1978)

BelligerentsEthiopia; Cuba; Soviet Union; South YemenagainstSomalia; WSLF

Part ofQ318250

Where it sits in Q318250

3 placed engagements of Q318250 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1977 (year precision) to 1978
Place	Jijiga, Ethiopia 9.350N, 42.800E
Kind	Battle, Cold War
Strength	1977: 25,000 soldiers; 108 tanks, mostly M47s and M41s	1977: unknown soldiers; 124 tanks, mostly T-54/55; 1978: 30,000 soldiers; 30,000 militias
Casualties and losses	1977: Ethiopia: 43 tanks destroyed; 28 APCs; 1978: Cuba: 6 T-62 destroyed; 8 T-62 damaged

Placed at Jijiga; 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, 271 km NE
Battle of Das 1332, 279 km NW
Ual-Ual Incident 1934, 283 km SE
Siege of Aden 1513, 454 km NE
Aden Expedition 1839, 454 km NE

In the same war

Before: Battle of Dire Dawa 1977
After: Battle of Harar 1977

Elsewhere in 1977

Siege of Barentu Eritrea
Battle of Massawa Eritrea
Battle of Lewisham United Kingdom
Battle of Godey Ethiopia
Battle of Bucraa Morocco

Battle of Jijiga is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 56 in present-day Ethiopia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4871337, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Jijiga, revision 1370444275, 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.