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Pictures of Eritrean EPLF tanks marching in Addis Ababa, liberating the Ethiopian capital from the Ethiopian Derg army in 1991. Eritreans played the key role in defeating Derg, Massawa fell in 1990, Assab fell in 1991 & Derg lost control over Eritrea‘s Red Sea coast, in May 1991 the Derg collapsed.
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On 28 May 1991, TPLF troops backed by Eritrean forces seized control of Addis Ababa, the capital. https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2...thiopias-tplf-tigray-peoples-liberation-front
In the meantime, the EPLF manoeuvred to weaken Mengistu’s regime by intensifying its support to Ethiopian rebel movements, including the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), respectively in north and south-central Ethiopia. In February 1989, EPLF artillery support contributed to the victory of the TPLF in the battle of Shire and the capture of the whole Tigray province, effectively blocking land access from Ethiopia to central Eritrea.
The second liberation (1988-1993)
In January 1990, the EPLF launched a new offensive that, one month later, led to the liberation of Massawa. By May 1990, the frontline was reorganised between Segeneiti and Dekemhare. In early 1991, the EPLF intensified its attacks along the eastern coast to seize Assab and cut off Ethiopian access to the sea. In May, EPLF forces conducted their final assault and captured the city of Dekemhare on 21 May. The same day, Mengistu, facing the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), which was supported by the EPLF, fled from Addis Ababa to Zimbabwe. On 24 May, the EPLF entered in Asmara which had been abandoned by retreating Ethiopian troops. Assab was liberated the following day. The armed struggle for independence was over after 30 years of fighting.
