Somalia defeat in 1977 war

[cubano]

I would like to know why Somalia was defeated in 1977 war?

[burahadeer]

Somali army was no army,it was mafia organization run by the likes of Siyad Barre,Ali Samater,Aideed,Abdillahi Yusuf,Morgan etc.

You understand if you followed the history of these criminals.

[YoniZ]

War kan kuwaashay 77, dhowrkii biloodba nabarkan kusoo kaca muxuu ahaa?

[Tallaabo]

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I would like to know why Somalia was defeated in 1977 war?

You actually think your country's ragtag militia who were being exploited by the clever Soviets as foot soldiers defeated the Somali army? Our defeat was due to our dictator not taking advice from anyone and our generals all vying for power and plotting military coup. In short it was us the Somalis who caused the defeat of our army and not your country hapless mercenaries. Now do us a favour and go back to your crumpling time-forsaken shithole of a country. Goodbye :-D

[cubano]

You are wrong Tallabo.Cuban troops defeated Somali Army in 1978.

 

Show me sources which prove Somali Army defeated Cubans.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethio-Somali_War

 

Ethiopian-Cuban Counter-Attack (February-March)

 

 

 

The expected Ethiopian-Cuban attack occurred in early February; however, it was accompanied by a second attack that the Somalis did not expect. A column of Ethiopian and Cuban troops crossed northeast into the highlands between Jijiga and the border with Somalia, bypassing the SNA-WSLF force defending the Marda Pass. Mil Mi-6 helicopters airlifted Cuban BMD-1 and ASU-57 armored vehicles behind enemy lines. The attackers were thus able to assault from two directions in a "pincer" action, allowing the re-capture of Jijiga in only two days while killing 3,000 defenders.[citation needed] The Somali defense collapsed and every major Ethiopian town was recaptured in the following weeks. Recognizing that his position was untenable, Siad Barre ordered the SNA to retreat back into Somalia on 9 March 1978, although Rene LaFort claims that the Somalis, having foreseen the inevitable, had already withdrawn their heavy weapons.The last significant Somali unit left Ethiopia on 15 March 1978, marking the end of the war.

 

Effects of the war

 

Following the withdrawal of the SNA, the WSLF continued their insurgency. By May 1980, the rebels, with the assistance of a small number of SNA soldiers who continued to help the guerrilla war, controlled a substantial region of the Ogaden. However by 1981 the insurgents were reduced to sporadic hit-and-run attacks and were finally defeated.

 

For the Barre regime, the invasion was perhaps the greatest strategic blunder since independence,and it weakened the military. Almost one-third of the regular SNA soldiers, three-eighths of the armored units and half of the Somali Air Force (SAF) were lost. The weakness of the Barre administration led it to effectively abandon the dream of a unified Greater Somalia. The failure of the war aggravated discontent with the Barre regime; the first organized opposition group, the Somali Salvation Democratic Front (SSDF), was formed by army officers in 1979.