Battle of Shire (1989)
Operation in the Ethiopian Civil War / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Battle of Shire (disambiguation).
The Battle of Shire was fought from February 8 to 19 February 1989, in and around the town of Shire, as part of the Ethiopian Civil War, and resulted in the destruction of the Ethiopian 604th Army Corps.
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Battle of Shire (1989) | |||||||
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Part of the Ethiopian Civil War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Ethiopia | TPLF | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Mulatu Negash | Samora Yunis | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
28,000 | 54,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
12,000 killed 14,000 captured | Unknown |
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