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Decolonization of Africa · BATTLE SITE ·

Uganda–Tanzania War (1978–79)

On the Decolonization of Africa map as “The fall of Kampala”

1978–79 — After Idi Amin annexes Tanzania’s Kagera salient, Nyerere’s army marches on Uganda and takes Kampala — a rare case of one African state toppling a neighbouring tyrant by force.

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Type
Battle site
Chapter
Africa after independence (chapter 7 of Decolonization of Africa)
Atlas
The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994
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Map showing Uganda–Tanzania War (1978–79), battle site in The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994
BATTLE SITE · THE DECOLONIZATION OF AFRICA, 1945–1994

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