Video about Ogaden War (1977-78) (French language)

[luis1]

This is a video about Ogaden War. The video in French Language. There are many digital graphics.

[luis1]

I hope somebody speaks french in this forum.

[Typhoon]

luis1, we never lost against ethiopia have you noticed the massive airlift of weapons through air and sea

notice the south yemenies were bombing us from behind.

we only had a army of 37000 yet we blitzkriged our way to near addis ababa

we would have massacred the cubans if it was not for russian and israeli pilots and airforce

the greatest victory ever on the african continent

[luis1]

Typhoon:

we would have massacred the cubans if it was not for russian and israeli pilots and airforce

This is a possibility but the reality is different, Somali army was crushed by Ethiopia, Cuba, South Yemen and Soviet Union.

[Typhoon]

Typhoon:

we would have massacred the cubans if it was not for russian and israeli pilots and airforce

This is a possibility but the reality is different, Somali army was crushed by Ethiopia, Cuba, South Yemen and Soviet Union.

ethiopia was defeated its military disintegrated and we captured their heavy weapons.

russia shipped the largest weapons since ww2 to somalia and shipped cuban forces from angola and send 1500 milatery advisers with experience from ww2

this the man that defeated us, Marshal of the Soviet Union Vasiliy Petrov, one of the greatest russian generals of the 20th century

The Somali forces found the initial stages of the invasion of Ethiopia relatively easy going.
The guerrilla force had captured most towns in the Ogaden region as far north as Dire Dawa.
Faced by regular Somali units the few thousand Ethiopian soldiers in scattered garrisons
throughout the territory were totally overwhelmed

In early February 1978, under the direction of a Soviet three-star general, named Vasilii
Petrov, and two Soviet brigadier-generals the Ethiopian counteroffensive built momentum.
From this point onwards the war tilted decisively Ethiopia’s favour. There had been roughly
2,000 Cuban troops fighting alongside the Ethiopian army, however, in early February the
number leapt to over 11,000, many of whom had been flown in from Angola by Ethiopian
airlines and then rushed to the front in order to help maintain the impetus of the
counteroffensive. By early March, Cuban strength in Ethiopia had grown to 15,000 in
addition to 1,500 Soviet advisors (Porter 1984, 204).

[luis1]

Cuban General Arnaldo Ochoa and Cuban troops played an importat role in Ogaden War.

[Nolol cusub]

we would have massacred the cubans if it was not for Russians and Israeli pilots and airforce

The third conditional "we would have massacred" signifies untrue events in the past. Here is something that is true but also happened.

A year before the invasion Fidel Castro visits the dictator in Mogadishu and spells out that the Soviet Union would throw Somali forces out if they invade Ethiopia. Barre turns to Americans and they clearly tell him he must never invade. Who would have thought that? Evangelical Carter helping a Marxist dictator with Muslim army invade a Christian dominated land.

With zero support from both super powers Barre orders Somali force to cross the border. What was he thinking?

Imagine a guy with such an inferior intellectual thinking running a country with complex clan system, economy that needed to be developed with speed of light before the first Somali state were swallowed by the chaos of pastoral economy.


A sad war but make no mistake, Somali soldiers fought bravely in a totally "misjudged" rigged system.

[Khalid Ali]

Luis we won the war millatary we had stronger air force combined with wslf and Somali troops . With in weeks we anihilated the entire dergi army. The Ethiopians were no match allot of galla militia sided with us even the Eritrean xabashi sided with us Two around the border areas the gala we called Somali abow. But nolol cusub was right we lost the war diplomatically. Xayle sellasie king of kings empire was very strong and powerful.it had American support in the 50s and 60s. America would have never allowed for somaliweyn to happen. Xabashis are never a match for Somalis when it comes to war.

[luis1]

Khalid Ali:

But nolol cusub was right we lost the war diplomatically

Somali army was defeated at Harer battle and Jijiga battle in 1978. Somali army was no match for Cuban troops and Soviet advisers.

Check out the video above, please.

You say Somali defeated Cubans and Russians.

Could you show me any source that prove Somalia defeated Cuba and Soviet Union in 1978?


Interview with former Somali President Siad Barre - 1978

"Somalia can not fight with the Soviet Union or neither the Warsaw Pact"

[luis1]

I would like to see opinions about this video.

[theyuusuf143]

Very informative video. I watched the first hour it shows that we massacred the Ethiopians in godey. We shot 2 ethopinion fighter jets and they shot 5 somali war planes . We also bombed kaara mardha. We lost the war politically not militarily. Our leader Barre made the wrong decision to fk with the soviets.

[theyuusuf143]

balance sheet of the losses of the Ogan war

[theyuusuf143]

Factors of the Somali defeat

[theyuusuf143]

Cuban intervention in the war of Ogaden

[theyuusuf143]

material delivered by the USS to Ethiopia during (ogaden war)