battle, Cold War
Battle of Massawa
Battle of Massawa was a battle fought in 1990 at Massawa, in what is now Eritrea. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Massawa. It was part of the Eritrean War of Independence, which ran from 1961 to 1991. The recorded result: EPLF victory. Recorded strength: 20,000 against 17,000.
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Where it sits in the Eritrean War of Independence
Record
| Date | 1990 (year precision) to 1990 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Massawa, Eritrea 15.600N, 39.433E | |
| Kind | Battle, Cold War | |
| Strength | 20,000 | 17,000 |
| Casualties and losses | 3,000 killed | 9,000 killed; 8,000 captured |
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Nearest engagements
- Attack on Convoy BN 7 1940, 2.1 km NE
- Battle of Halai 1894, 63 km S
- Battle of Afabet 1988, 103 km NW
- Battle of Keren 1941, 107 km W
- Battle of Agordat 1941, 166 km W
In the same war
- Before: Battle of Afabet 17 March 1988
- All 11 engagements of Eritrean War of Independence
Elsewhere in 1990
- Black January Azerbaijan
- Siege of Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Iraqi invasion of Kuwait Kuwait
- Battle of Dasman Palace Kuwait
- Operation Desert Shield Saudi Arabia
Battle of Massawa is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 24 in present-day Eritrea.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4128027, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Second Battle of Massawa, revision 1375496718, 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.