The Importance of Operation Fenkil and the Battle of Massawa in Eritrea’s History

Operation Fenkil was veritable epitome of unparalleled determination, military prowess, ingenuity and heroism of Eritrea’s popular struggle. BY BEREKET KIDANE Later this week, Eritreans and their leaders will descend upon Massawa to commemorate the fierce battle waged to liberate the port city during the fight for independence. The 30th anniversary of the Battle of Massawa, also […]

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Operation Fenkil: Decisive Victory that Signaled the End of Ethiopian Colonialism

BY HABTOM TESFAMICHAEL | SHABAIT Operation Fenkil was one of the most decisive military operations that heralded the end of Ethiopian colonialism in Eritrea. The operation was carried out through the coordinated attack of the infantry, the mechanized and the then nascent naval forces of the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front (EPLF).

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A Look Back at the Battle of Massawa

BY BEREKET KIDANE After the fall of Afabet, Moscow was effectively finished with Ethiopia. The Soviet Union’s military establishment started withdrawing its advisers and stopped its shipments to Ethiopia. To keep the free flow of arms and its addiction to modern battlefield weapons going, the Ethiopian government started trading Falashas, Ethiopian Jews, for Israeli cluster […]

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Revisiting the Last Chapter of the Ethiopian Navy (1955 – 1990)

From ‘ዛዛሚ ምዕራፍ ሓይሊ ባሕሪ ኢትዮጽያ’, ሰበ-ስልጣንን ኣዘዝትን ሰራዊት ደርግ ነበር፡ ኣብ ኤርትራ ንዝወረዶም ሰፍ ዘይብል ሰባውን ንዋታውን ክሳራታት፡ ብዓቢኡ ኸኣ ታሪኻዊ ስዕረት ዝምልከት ዕረ እናጠዓሞም ክእመንሉን ብመልክዕ መጽሓፍ ከስፍርዎን ይርኣዩ ኢዮም። “ገማግም ባሕርን ሓይሊ ባሕሪ ኢትዮጽያን” ዘርእስታ መጽሓፍ፡ ብናይ ቀደም ኣባላት ሓይሊ ባሕሪ ኢትዮጽያ ነበር ዝተጻሕፈት ኢያ። ኣብ 2006 ኣቢላ ዝተጻሕፈትን 762 ገጻት ዘለዋን […]

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Historic Step on the Long March to Freedom: “Operation Fenkel 1988 – 1991”

By Buruno, ON AUGUST 1988, after a heroic and protracted defensive battles of wear and tear, between USSR lead army of Ethiopia against Eritrea, which was carried out continuously in the mountain ranges of Nakfa and its environs for almost a decade long, Eritrean Peoples Liberation Army (EPLA) made a decisive decision, to make a […]

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