Battle of Badme
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The Battle of Badme was a pivotal and fiercely contested engagement between Eritrean and Ethiopian forces that helped trigger and define the course of the Eritrean–Ethiopian War in the late 1990s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Battle of Badme canonical | 2 |
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
battle
ⓘ
military engagement ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Eritrea
ⓘ
Ethiopia ⓘ |
| causeOf | escalation of border conflict into full-scale war ⓘ |
| combatant1 |
Eritrean Defence Forces
ⓘ
surface form:
Eritrean Armed Forces
|
| combatant2 |
Armed Forces of Ethiopia
ⓘ
surface form:
Ethiopian Armed Forces
|
| conflict | Eritrean–Ethiopian War ⓘ |
| countryInvolved |
Ethiopia
ⓘ
surface form:
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Eritrea ⓘ
surface form:
State of Eritrea
|
| dispute | territorial control of Badme area ⓘ |
| front | western front of the Eritrean–Ethiopian border ⓘ |
| location |
Badme
ⓘ
Eritrea–Ethiopia border region ⓘ |
| natureOfEngagement | fiercely contested ⓘ |
| partOf | Eritrean–Ethiopian War ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | Eritrean–Ethiopian War ⓘ |
| relatedPlace | Badme ⓘ |
| result | Ethiopian victory ⓘ |
| significance |
helped define the course of the Eritrean–Ethiopian War
ⓘ
helped trigger the full-scale Eritrean–Ethiopian War ⓘ pivotal engagement in the Eritrean–Ethiopian War ⓘ |
| statusOfAreaAfterWar | Badme remained under de facto Ethiopian control after the war ⓘ |
| theaterOfWar | Horn of Africa ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 1990s ⓘ |
| triggeredBy | border dispute between Eritrea and Ethiopia ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Badme Description of subject: The Battle of Badme was a pivotal and fiercely contested engagement between Eritrean and Ethiopian forces that helped trigger and define the course of the Eritrean–Ethiopian War in the late 1990s.
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