About: Battle of Massawa (1977)

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By 1977 EPLF soldiers had claimed all of Massawa save the port itself. This included the main road used by the garrison for the transport of supplies from Asmara. Essentially the garrison was cut off by land and under siege.

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rdf:type	Military conflict
rdfs:label	Battle of Massawa (1977)
rdfs:comment	By 1977 EPLF soldiers had claimed all of Massawa save the port itself. This included the main road used by the garrison for the transport of supplies from Asmara. Essentially the garrison was cut off by land and under siege.
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Partof	Eritrean War of Independence
Date	1977(xsd:integer)
Commander	Abera Abebe Petros Solomon
Casualties	unknown
Result	Ethiopian/Soviet victory
combatant	Ethiopia EPLF
Place	Massawa, Eritrea
Conflict	Battle of Massawa
abstract	By 1977 EPLF soldiers had claimed all of Massawa save the port itself. This included the main road used by the garrison for the transport of supplies from Asmara. Essentially the garrison was cut off by land and under siege. On 23 December 1977 the EPLF began a strike through an open field towards the salt flats and port. Soviet Naval warships began to shell EPLF held portions of the town to prevent its occupation by the EPLF, especially the downtown areas. The Ethiopian victory was attributed to the intervention of the Soviet Union on behalf of Ethiopia. This defeat led to a withdrawal, dubbed the strategic withdrawal, into the Sahel around the town of Nakfa. This battle was also the beginning of direct Soviet involvement in the Eritrean War of Independence, which would continue in other battles.

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