What the records say
- When
- 11 Apr 1979
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 0.31° N, 32.58° E
- Description
- battle in the Uganda–Tanzania War, April 1979
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Fall of Kampala
Battle in the Uganda–Tanzania War, April 1979
The Fall of Kampala, also known as the Liberation of Kampala, was a battle during the Uganda–Tanzania War in 1979, in which the combined forces of Tanzania and the Uganda National Liberation Front (UNLF) attacked and captured the Ugandan capital, Kampala. As a result, Ugandan President Idi Amin was deposed, his forces were scattered, and a UNLF government was installed.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Uganda–Tanzania War: Fall of Kampala: Tanzanian troops take Kampala, the capital of Uganda; Idi Amin flees”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page