Somali army shot down 2 or 3 Cuban planes, this is a small number. Please be serious and read Wings over Ogaden.
In an integrated ground and air resistance that for the first time involved Cuban
soldiers, the Ethiopians pinned the attackers a few kilometers from the city.
In their counter-attacks from January
23 to 27, the Eleventh Division and Cuban armored brigades regained all the
territory as far as Fedis, the first town of significance to be liberated
Without allowing the Somalis any respite, the Ethiopian-Cuban juggernaut
launched a series of short, sharp thrusts against the main Somali lines from Dire
Dawa and Harar, enveloping enemy units one after the other
On the following day at 0700 hours, the Ninth Division spearheaded by Cuban
tank and artillery shock troops outflanked and, with air support, attacked the
Somalis at Harewa from the rear. The defenders were completely taken off guard
and hastily abandoned the town "without even eating their freshly cooked
food."
On March 6, an armored column of the Third Division
and the Third Cuban Tank Brigade easily captured Degehabur, about 200 kms
south of Jijiga on March 8
However, that did not halt the Division, which, supported
by a Cuban artillery battalion, drove 150 kms to Fik on March 8.
With the arrival of 18,000 Cuban artillerymen,
tank crews, and pilots who undertook and suffered much of the dangerous
combat tasks during the counter-offensive and about 1,500 Soviet military experts
who brought with them a vast amount of armaments, the Somalis stood absolutely
no chance of success.
The Cuban troops are fighting in several places, they defeated somalis everywhere. Man I think you do not have enough information about Ogaden War, if you do not showme that your are an expert about this war I will finish this conversation at once. I think I am wasting my time with you because you do not want to accept the reality:
Somalia was defeated by Cuba, Soviet Union and Ethiopia.
