VIDEO: Eritrea Operation Fenkil and the speed of its execution

This offensive was conducted by both land and sea by the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front (EPLF) against the Ethiopian Derg Army. During this battle EPLF used its small fleet of armed speedboats to sink or cripple most Ethiopian navy ships anchored in and around Massawa harbor.

Eritrea Liberation of Massawa (Operation Fenkil) February 1990: The history of the Three Tanks of Segalet-Ketan (The Commander, The Jaguar, The Tiger).

Ethiopia’s Navy from Haileselassie regime until the Derg era was supported first by the United States and later by the Soviet Union. Overall, the Ethiopian navy had 35 years of naval experience. Most of the Navy officers were educated abroad. Part of this video includes an interview with Captain Tzegaie Mokonnen, a prisoner of war and the head of Ethiopia’s navy southern division. He was educated abroad and served the Ethiopian navy for 26 years. He was captured during the battle for Massawa.

VIDEO: Eritrea Operation Fenkil – The Battle for Massawa

Interview with some of EPLF’s WOMEN fighters…

Liberation of Massawa, Eritrea (Operation Fenkil) February 1990: enashaE ziKulaE – 8000 Derg army Prisoners Of War, 150 Tanks captured or destroyed from Black Africa’s strongest army of then. Includes interview with Generals (Sebhat Ephrem, Haile Samuel (China), Gerezghier Andemariam (Wuchu), Romodan, Filipos Woldeyohanes, etc.)

PART I
VIDEO: Operation Fenkil – Interview with Eritrean Defense Minister General Sebhat Ephrem
 

PART II

Interview with Major General Humed Mohamed Karikara, Commander Tewolde Kelati, Colonel Abe Salih, Tesfai Goitom and others…
Eritrea Video documentary: "n’us gn liEli teamir," The History of Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) navy: After the Second Congress of the EPLF an offensive force was proposed and created with a base in Sudan. These forces played a [...]

Video documentary: "n'us gn liEli teamir," The History of EPLF navy: After the Second Congress of the EPLF an offensive force was proposed and created with a base in Sudan. These forces played a critical role at the Battle of Massawa when they sunk several Ethiopian warships in the harbor. At the close of the [...]