Battle of Checkpoint Pasta

When

2 Jul 1993

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

2.09° N, 45.36° E

Description

1993 battle

Battle during the Somali Civil War

The Battle of Checkpoint Pasta, sometimes called the Battle of the Pasta Factory, was a firefight in Mogadishu between Italian troops under UNOSOM II and insurgents of the Somali National Alliance (SNA), and is remembered for being the first all-out battle involving the Italian Army since the end of the Second World War.

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