Eritrean War of Independence

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Eritrean_War_of_Independence

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:war
gptkbp:casualties	tens of thousands killed
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Eritrean_People's_Liberation_Front gptkb:Derg_(Ethiopian_military_junta) gptkb:Eritrean_Liberation_Front Ethiopian Empire
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:Eritrean–Ethiopian_War gptkb:Ogaden_War Ethiopian Civil War guerrilla warfare secessionist war
gptkbp:dateOfEritreanIndependence	24 May 1991
gptkbp:endDate	24 May 1991
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Eritrean–Ethiopian_War
gptkbp:goal	independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Eritrean War of Independence
gptkbp:involvedCountry	gptkb:Eritrea gptkb:Ethiopia gptkb:Soviet_Union_(support_for_Ethiopia) gptkb:Sudan_(support_for_Eritrean_rebels) United States (support for Ethiopia)
gptkbp:legacy	establishment of the State of Eritrea
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Eritrea
gptkbp:mainRebelGroup	gptkb:Eritrean_People's_Liberation_Front gptkb:Eritrean_Liberation_Front
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Haile_Selassie gptkb:Mengistu_Haile_Mariam Isaias Afwerki
gptkbp:notableEvent	fall of Asmara independence referendum in Eritrea liberation of Massawa proclamation of Eritrean independence
gptkbp:notableLeader	gptkb:Haile_Selassie gptkb:Mengistu_Haile_Mariam gptkb:Romodan_Mohammed_Nur gptkb:Sebhat_Ephrem Isaias Afwerki
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:Ethiopian_government
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:Cold_War Ethiopian Civil War
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Federation_of_Ethiopia_and_Eritrea
gptkbp:result	gptkb:Eritrean_independence
gptkbp:significantEvent	gptkb:Battle_of_Afabet gptkb:Battle_of_Barentu gptkb:Battle_of_Massawa gptkb:Battle_of_Nakfa gptkb:Operation_Fenkil
gptkbp:startDate	1 September 1961
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:War_of_Independence gptkb:Derg gptkb:Ethiopian_Revolution gptkb:Mengistu_Haile_Mariam
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5