War in Abkhazia (1998)

War in Abkhazia (1998)
Part of the Georgian–Abkhazian conflict
Date May 20, 1998 - May 26, 1998 Location Abkhazia, Western Georgia Result Abkhazian victory
Belligerents
Abkhazia	White Legion Forest Brotherhood
Commanders and leaders
Sergei Bagapsh	Zurab Samushia Dato Shengelia Gujar Kurashvili
Strength
1,500 troops[1]	300 guerrillas
Casualties and losses
8 killed, 17 wounded (confirmed by Abkhazia),[2] at least 300 killed and dozens wounded (per Georgian sources)[3]	17 killed[3] 24 wounded 56 captured 6 missing (per Georgian sources), about 160 killed (Abkhazian sources)[2]
35 Georgian civilians killed, 30,000 - 40,000 displaced

The War in Abkhazia in 1998 took place in the Gali district of Abkhazia, after ethnic Georgians launched an insurgency against the Abkhazian secessionist government. The conflict is sometimes referred to as the Six-Day War of Abkhazia however this name only takes into account the Abkhazian May 20, 1998 - May 26, 1998 offensive while hostilities and insurgent attacks had already occurred before that date.^[4][3]

Events

The conflict started on May 18, when Georgian partisans killed 20 Abkhaz policeman. Abkhaz regular forces retaliated and fought against the partisans.

Despite calls by the opposition to send troops to help the rebels, President Eduard Shevardnadze refused to send troops to Abkhazia. The rebellion was crushed by May 26, and Abkhaz forces set fire to Georgia homes.

References

Georgian–Abkhazian conflict
Timeline	Abkhazian side	Georgian side
1989 Sukhumi riots 1991 Abkhazian New Union Treaty referendum 1992–1993 War in Abkhazia 1992 Battle of Sukhumi October 1992 Battle of Gagra 1992–1993 Siege of Tkvarcheli July 1993 Massacre in Kamani September 1993 Transair Georgia airliner shootdowns September 1993 Massacre in Sukhumi Ethnic cleansing of Georgians 1994 Moscow agreement 1998 War in Abkhazia 2001 Kodori crisis 2006 Kodori crisis 2007 Georgia helicopter incident 2007 Georgia plane downing incident 2007 Bokhundjara incident 2008 Georgian spy plane shootdowns 2008 Khurcha incident 2008 Abkhazia bombings 2008 Achamkhara incident 2008 Russo-Georgian diplomatic crisis 2008 Russo-Georgian war Battle off the coast of Abkhazia Battle of the Kodori Valley 2008 Post-war events 2009 Russo-Georgian relations	Military forces: Military of Abkhazia Abkhazian Air Force Bagramyan Battalion Confederation of Mountain Peoples of the Caucasus Key leaders: Vladislav Ardzinba Sergei Bagapsh Alexander Ankvab Valeri Bganba Raul Khajimba	Military forces: Military of Georgia Military of Georgia Georgian Air Force Georgian Navy Mkhedrioni White Legion Forest Brothers Key leaders: Zhiuli Shartava † Zviad Gamsakhurdia † Eduard Shevardnadze Mikheil Saakashvili Giorgi Margvelashvili