✦ History

Uganda–Tanzania War

October 9, 1978 – June 3, 1979 · Uganda

Contemporaries On the map

Idi Amin's Uganda invaded Tanzania. Tanzanian forces and Ugandan exiles counterattacked, took Kampala and overthrew Amin.

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Second Republic of Uganda

Libya
Palestine Liberation Organization
Muammar Gaddafi belligerent leader Idi Amin belligerent leader

Tanzania

Tanzania
Uganda
Julius Nyerere belligerent leader Milton Obote belligerent leader Yoweri Museveni belligerent leader Tito Okello belligerent leader