✦ History

Part of Somali Civil War, Operation Gothic Serpent

Battle of Mogadishu (1993)

October 3–4, 1993 · Mogadishu

Result Somali National Alliance victory

A US special forces raid to seize aides of the warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid became a battle in which two Black Hawk helicopters were shot down; 18 Americans and hundreds of Somalis died. The United States soon withdrew from Somalia.

On the map Contemporaries

United Nations

Somali National Alliance

Other

United States
Malaysia
Pakistan
Somali National Alliance
Somalia
William F. Garrison military commander William G. Boykin military commander Danny McKnight military commander

Strength and losses

Aircraft
16

United States Killed 18

Malaysia Killed 1

Pakistan Wounded 2

Units

Delta Force United States Special Operations Command 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division 14th Infantry Regiment (United States) 75th Ranger Regiment 87th Infantry Regiment (United States) Frontier Force Regiment Royal Malay Regiment 3rd Ranger Battalion United States Navy SEALs

Also involved 1