Ogaden War
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The Ogaden War, also known as the Ethio-Somali War, was a military conflict fought between Somalia and Ethiopia from July 1977 to March 1978 over the sovereignty of Ogaden. Somalia's invasion of the region, precursor to the wider war, met with the Soviet Union's disapproval, leading the superpower to end its support for Somalia to fully support Ethiopia instead.
Cuban artillerymen prepare to fire at Somali forces in the Ogaden
Somali Major General Mohamed Siad Barre, Chairman of the Supreme Revolutionary Council
Il-28, 3 units
MiG-21, 30 units
Derg
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The Derg, officially the Provisional Military Administrative Council (PMAC), was the Marxist–Leninist military dictatorship that ruled Ethiopia, then including present-day Eritrea, from 1974 to 1987, when the military leadership or junta formally "civilianized" the administration but stayed in power until 1991.
Advocacy manifesto of the Derg, published in June 1978
One sketch in the Red Terror Martyrs' Museum showing military convoys of the Derg driving into the gorge
Tiglachin Monument commemorating the victory of the Derg over Somalia in the Ogaden War
An airlift supplying water truck during the famine in 1985