battle, Cold War

Battle of Harar

Name: Battle of Harar
Location: Harar, Ethiopia

Battle of Harar was a battle fought in 1977 at Harar, in what is now Ethiopia; it ran into the following year. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Harar. It was part of the Ogaden War, which ran from 1977 to 1978. The recorded result: Ethiopian victory. Recorded strength: 30,000 soldiers; 3,000 soldiers against 20,000 soldiers.

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Fought1977ran into the following year

WhereHarar, Ethiopia9.311N, 42.128E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeEthiopian victory

BelligerentsEthiopia; Cuba; South YemenagainstSomalia; WSLF

Part ofOgaden War1977 to 1978

Where it sits in the Ogaden War

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

Record

Date	1977 (year precision) to 1978
Place	Harar, Ethiopia 9.311N, 42.128E
Kind	Battle, Cold War
Strength	30,000 soldiers; 3,000 soldiers	20,000 soldiers
Casualties and losses		3,000 casualties; 15 tanks captured; many APCs captured; 28 artillery pieces captured

Placed at Harar; 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 Das 1332, 256 km N
Ual-Ual Incident 1934, 329 km SE
British attack on Berbera 1827, 340 km E
Battle of Magdala 1868, 394 km NW
Second Battle of Amba Alagi 1941, 496 km NW

In the same war

Before: Battle of Jijiga 1977
All 5 engagements of Ogaden War

Elsewhere in 1977

Opération Lamantin Mauritania
Operation Dingo Mozambique
Siege of Barentu Eritrea
Battle of Massawa Eritrea
Battle of Lewisham United Kingdom

Battle of Harar is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 62 in present-day Ethiopia.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q25101307, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Harar, revision 1370442595, 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.