Thread by @Erihistory

As we observe June 20, Martyrs Day, some facts about the 6th Offensive ( Ethiopian Red Star Military Operation) in which #Eritrea lost many of her finest sons and daughters.

ETERNAL GLORY TO OUR MARTYRS!!

During the Offensive (Feb-Jun, 1982) Derg/Eth soldiers shot
-26,230,549 bullets on #Eritrean freedom fighters
-1008 bullets per freedom fighter
-291,450 bullets per day
-#Libya flew supplies
-#SouthYemen provided combat pilots &
-1200 #SovietUnion mil advisers were deployed

-#EPLF’s defensive line stretched for about 400 km from Barka to Sahel across #Nakfa
-63 Brigades of which 53 infantry, 6 mechanized, & 4 Para commandos, a total of 136,540 Ethiopian troops were deployed.

Ethiopia/Derg deployed;
-55 aircraft,
-131 tanks,1
-62 armored cars,
-1 warship,
-102 infantry vehicles,
-499 field artilleries,
-48 rocket launch,
-873 mortars,
- 691 anti-aircraft guns,
-1349 anti-tank guns & 7714 heavy guns

In the 3 battle fronts, Afabet, Alghena, Kerkebet,
-84,537 Ethiopian combatants,
-99 tanks,
-94 armored vehicles,
-283 artillery pieces,
-611 mortars, 208 air defense guns,
-1220 anti-tank guns,
-5457 heavy machine guns were deployed against the #EPLF

In the 3 Fronts alone;
•Afabet/Nadew 36,086
•Alghena/Wuqaw 25,674
•Kerkebet/Mebrek 25,327 soldiers were deployed.
•In Asmara/Mekit 24,853 soldiers were deployed