Eritrean War of Independence

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armed conflict liberation struggle war of independence

The Eritrean War of Independence was a decades-long armed struggle (1961–1991) in which Eritrean liberation movements fought against Ethiopian rule, ultimately leading to Eritrea’s de facto independence.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Eritrean War of Independence canonical	28
Eritrean independence movement	3

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	armed conflict ⓘ liberation struggle ⓘ war of independence ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Eritrean independence struggle ⓘ
belligerent	Eritrean Liberation Front ⓘ Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ Armed Forces of Ethiopia ⓘ surface form: Ethiopian government forces
cause	Eritrean demands for self-determination ⓘ annexation of Eritrea by Ethiopia ⓘ revocation of Eritrean autonomy ⓘ
combatant	Eritrean guerrilla fighters ⓘ Armed Forces of Ethiopia ⓘ surface form: Ethiopian army
conflictIn	Cold War ⓘ surface form: Cold War era
country	Eritrea ⓘ
earlierRebelGroup	Eritrean Liberation Front ⓘ
endCause	collapse of Derg regime in Ethiopia ⓘ military advances of Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ
endTime	1991 ⓘ
followedBy	Eritrean independence referendum ⓘ formal independence of Eritrea in 1993 ⓘ
hasDuration	about 30 years ⓘ
location	Eritrea ⓘ Ethiopia ⓘ
mainRebelGroup	Eritrean People's Liberation Front ⓘ
opponent	Derg ⓘ Ethiopian Empire ⓘ Ethiopia ⓘ surface form: People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
opposedBy	Soviet Union support to Ethiopian government ⓘ
partOf	Ethiopian Civil War ⓘ Horn of Africa conflicts ⓘ
primaryTheater	Eritrean Highlands ⓘ surface form: Eritrean highlands Eritrean lowlands ⓘ Red Sea coastal areas ⓘ
result	Eritrean de facto independence ⓘ Eritrean victory ⓘ Ethiopian military defeat in Eritrea ⓘ
significance	led to creation of modern Eritrean state ⓘ major conflict in the Horn of Africa ⓘ
significantEvent	Battle of Afabet ⓘ Battle of Massawa ⓘ Fall of Asmara ⓘ Battle of Massawa ⓘ surface form: Fall of Massawa First Eritrean civil war ⓘ Second Eritrean civil war ⓘ
startTime	1961 ⓘ
supportedBy	some factions in Sudan ⓘ various Arab states ⓘ
territorialChange	Eritrea separates from Ethiopia de facto ⓘ
typeOfWarfare	conventional warfare in later stages ⓘ guerrilla warfare ⓘ

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Subject: Eritrean War of Independence
Description of subject: The Eritrean War of Independence was a decades-long armed struggle (1961–1991) in which Eritrean liberation movements fought against Ethiopian rule, ultimately leading to Eritrea’s de facto independence.

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eritrea → historicalEvent → Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ

Eritrean–Ethiopian War → precededBy → Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ

Northern Red Sea Region → hasHistoricalSignificance → Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ

Isaias Afwerki → conflictParticipatedIn → Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ

Ethiopian Air Force → conflict → Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ

Aman Andom → conflict → Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ

Derg → notableEvent → Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ

Eritrean People's Liberation Front → conflict → Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ

Eritrean nationalism → significantEvent → Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ

Eritrean nationalism → relatedTo → Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ

Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia → conflict → Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ

Horn of Africa conflicts → hasPart → Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ

Eritrea–United Kingdom relations → hasHistoricalContext → Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ

Battle of Afabet → conflict → Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ

Battle of Afabet → partOf → Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ

Battle of Afabet → turningPointIn → Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ

Battle of Afabet → associatedWith → Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eritrean independence movement

Battle of Massawa → conflict → Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ

Battle of Massawa → partOf → Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ

Second Eritrean civil war → partOf → Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ

subject surface form: Second Eritrean Civil War

Second Eritrean civil war → relatedTo → Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ

subject surface form: Second Eritrean Civil War

Eritrean Liberation Front → conflict → Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ

Fall of Asmara → conflict → Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ

Fall of Asmara → relatedTo → Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ

Massawa → historicalEvent → Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ

Nakfa → hasNameOrigin → Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eritrean independence movement

Nakfa → involvedInConflict → Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ

Afabet → conflict → Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ

Nakfa trenches → conflict → Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ

Nakfa trenches → timePeriod → Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ

Nakfa trenches → associatedWith → Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ

this entity surface form: Eritrean independence movement