Battle of Dire Dawa

Battle of Dire Dawa
	Part of Ogaden War
	; Ethio-Somali War Map 1977
Date	July 1977 – August 1977
Location	Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
Result	Ethiopian victory
Belligerents
Ethiopia	Somalia
Strength
1 Militia Division; 2 Infantry Battalions; 1 Mechanized Company; 2 tanks	3,000 soldiers; 32 T-54/55 tanks; BM-13 launchers
Casualties and losses
150 soldiers killed; 1 F-5 destroyed; 8 Saab B 17 destroyed; 1 T-28 Trojan destroyed; 1 M-41 destroyed	At least 700 soldiers killed; (per Ethiopia); 21 T-54/55 lost; 5 APCs lost; 3 BM-13 launchers lost

The Battle of Dire Dawa were a series of battles that took place between 17 July and 17 August 1977 between Ethiopian Armed Forces and Somali Armed Forces near the town of Dire Dawa, Ethiopia and adjacent to the airfield of the same name during the Ogaden War.