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.

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Isaias Afwerki → conflictParticipatedIn → Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ

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

Eritrea → historicalEvent → Eritrean War of Independence ⓘ

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