What the records say
- When
- 21 Jan 1979 – 22 Jan 1979
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 1.00° S, 31.41° E
- Description
- battle fought in January 1979 during the Uganda-Tanzania War
Battle of Mutukula
1979 Uganda-Tanzania War battle
The Battle of Mutukula took place from 21 to 22 January 1979 near and in the town of Mutukula, Uganda, during the Uganda–Tanzania War. After repulsing a Ugandan invasion of the Kagera Salient in 1978, Tanzanian commanders feared that Ugandan forces stationed upon the high ground in Mutukula, a town located along the Tanzania–Uganda border, still posed a threat to their territory.
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