Ethiopian Civil War

September 12, 1974 – June 4, 1991 · Ethiopia

Result EPLF/TPLF rebel victory

Rebel groups fought the Derg military government of Ethiopia after it overthrew Emperor Haile Selassie. The war ended in 1991 when the rebels took Addis Ababa, and Eritrea later became independent.

On the map Overview Contemporaries

Tigray

Eastern Bloc

Somalia

Tigray People's Liberation Front

Ogaden National Liberation Front

Ethiopia

Soviet Union

Israel

Isaias Afwerki belligerent leader

Meles Zenawi belligerent leader

Fikre Selassie Wogderess belligerent leader

Mengistu Haile Mariam belligerent leader

Tesfaye Genre Kidan belligerent leader

Strength and losses

Ethiopia Strength 230,000

Units

Ethiopian Army Ethiopian Air Force

Battles 1

Eritrean War of Independence September 1, 1961 – May 29, 1991 · EPLF victory
- Eritrean Civil Wars October 13, 1974 · 1st Civil War: ELF fails to suppress rivals 2nd Civil War: ELF decisively defeated
- First Battle of Massawa 1977 – 1978 · Ethiopian victory
- Siege of Barentu May 5, 1977 · Ethiopian victory
- Battle of Afabet March 17–20, 1988 · EPLF victory
- Second Battle of Massawa February 8–10, 1990 · EPLF victory

Also involved 1

Muammar Gaddafi participant