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VIDEOS OF KAGERA WAR
The Uganda–Tanzania War, known in Tanzania as
the Kagera War and in Uganda as the Liberation War,
was fought between Uganda and Tanzania from October 1978 until June 1979, and
led to the overthrow of Ugandan President Idi Amin.
The war was preceded by a deterioration of relations between Uganda and
Tanzania following Amin's overthrow of President Milton
Obote and subsequent seizure of power in 1971.
The President of Tanzania, Julius Nyerere, had close ties with Obote and supported an attempt by him to launch a rebellion in Uganda in 1972, leading to a border clash and eventually the signing of an agreement with Amin which stipulated that both leaders would withdraw their forces from the Uganda–Tanzania border.
The President of Tanzania, Julius Nyerere, had close ties with Obote and supported an attempt by him to launch a rebellion in Uganda in 1972, leading to a border clash and eventually the signing of an agreement with Amin which stipulated that both leaders would withdraw their forces from the Uganda–Tanzania border.
In October 1978 Ugandan forces began
making incursions into Tanzania. Later that month the Uganda Army launched an invasion, looting property and killing
civilians. Ugandan official media declared the annexation of the Kagera
Salient.
On 2 November 1978 Nyerere declared
war on Uganda and mobilised the Tanzania People's Defence Force
(TPDF) to retake the salient. The Organisation of African Unity (OAU)
failed to mediate a diplomatic resolution, and the TPDF launched a
counteroffensive, re-securing Kagera by January 1979 and occupying the Ugandan border town of Mutukula.
Nyerere also mobilised Ugandan rebels loyal to Obote and Yoweri
Museveni to weaken Amin's regime. Nyerere did not initially intend on
expanding the war beyond defending Tanzanian territory.
Muammar
Gaddafi, the leader of Libya and an ally of Amin, dispatched several
thousand troops to Uganda to assist the Uganda Army. The Palestinian Liberation Organisation
also sent a number of guerrillas to aid Amin. In March the largest battle of
the war occurred when the Tanzanians and Ugandan rebels defeated
a combined Ugandan-Libyan-Palestinian force at Lukaya.
The loss of Lukaya led the Uganda Army to begin to completely collapse.
Videos of Kagera War
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