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The second phase of the assault was launched on 17 August 1977, with
Somalian forces totalling a Infantry battalion and 32 tanks. On the outskirts of the city, three Somali tanks were destroyed by mines. Somali tanks managed to pass the Ethiopian resistance and break through to the airfield near the
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558:"The Ethiopia-Somalia War of 1977 Revisited"
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143:Casualties and losses
121:2 Infantry Battalions
636:History of Dire Dawa
537:Cooper, Tom (2015).
280:Battle of Dire Dawa
123:1 Mechanized Company
288:Somali Armed Forces
148:150 soldiers killed
22:Battle of Dire Dawa
501:The New York Times
439:The New York Times
119:1 Militia Division
621:Conflicts in 1977
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408:Schaefer, Scoot.
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361:Boeing 707
300:Ogaden War
267:2nd Jijiga
257:1st Jijiga
235:Ogaden War
65:, Ethiopia
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292:Dire Dawa
252:Dire Dawa
172:destroyed
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296:Ethiopia
114:Strength
96:Ethiopia
58:Location
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507:30 July
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183:T-54/55
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71:Result
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387:Notes
337:T-55s
333:BRDMs
329:Harar
262:Harar
134:tanks
543:ISBN
509:2021
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372:T-55
325:M-41
313:F-5E
286:and
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197:lost
191:lost
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