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The Ethiopian Red Star Campaign was one of the largest and most ambitious attempts by the Derg to end the Eritrean rebellion through concentrated military force. The campaign tested whether Soviet-backed manpower, armor, and airpower could overcome insurgent resilience in difficult terrain, and demonstrated how a state’s greatest show of force can still expose strategic weakness when political legitimacy, geography, and rebel organization favor endurance over decisive annihilation. The campaign had analytical significance beyond being merely a failed offensive; it was historically important because it mobilized extraordinary resources, failed to destroy the EPLF, and helped confirm that the Eritrean war could not be solved by scale alone. The campaign is a key example of how counterinsurgency overreach can strengthen the historical standing of the insurgent movement it meant to eliminate.