Eritrean War of Independence
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The Eritrean War of Independence was an armed conflict and insurgency aimed at achieving self-determination and independence for Eritrea from Ethiopian rule. Starting in 1961, Eritrean insurgents enga
EPLF fighters standing on top of a GAZ-66 gun truck after battle of Nakfa
Mengistu Haile Mariam speech. He became dictator and undisputed leader of Ethiopia in 1977, continuing a brutal campaign to suppress Eritrean separatism.
The war memorial square in Massawa, Eritrea
EPLF fighters in the early 1980s.
The Eritrean People's Liberation Front, colloquially known as Shabia, was an Eritrean separatist Marxist–Leninist national liberation coalition, and later, organization and movement that fought and su
Eritrean War of Independence
…in fighting against the Eritreans. The ELF was also supported diplomatically and militarily by various countries. During the Eritrean Civil Wars, the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) emerged as the primary liberation group in 1977, after expelling the ELF from Eritrea. The EPLF then took advantage of the Ogaden War to intensify…
EPLF fighter.
EPLF fights with Ethiopian forces.
EPLF's women fighters.
Destroyed Ethiopian tanks after battle of Afabet, where EPLF won, 1988.