Battle of Shire (1989)
| Battle of Shire (1989) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Ethiopian Civil War | |||||||
TPLF tanks and militants after the battle | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Ethiopia | TPLF | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Mulatu Negash | Samora Yunis | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 28,000 | 54,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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12,000 killed 14,000 captured | Unknown | ||||||
The Battle of Shire was fought from February 8 to 19 February 1989, in and around the town of Shire, as part of the Ethiopian Civil War, and resulted in the destruction of the Ethiopian 604th Army Corps.