Video: 'Ogaden War 1977 Somalia Ethiopia'

(Wednesday, March 15, 1978; during the Ogaden War, part of the Ethiopian–Somali conflict and the Cold War) — The Ogaden War, a Somali military offensive over the disputed Ethiopian region Ogaden, ended today when the last significant Somali unit left Ethiopia.

Ethiopia had been saved from a major defeat and a permanent loss of territory due to a massive airlift of military supplies, the arrival of 16,000 Cuban troops, 1,500 Soviet advisors and 2 brigades from South Yemen, also airlifted to reinforce Addis Ababa.

More than a combined 13,000 soldiers on both sides were killed in eight months of fighting.