Western Uganda campaign of 1979

rdf:langString Western Uganda campaign of 1979

rdf:langString Western Uganda campaign

rdf:langString Kikosi Maalum

rdf:langString FRONASA

rdf:langString Uganda Army * Western Brigade * Simba Battalion * Suicide Battalion * 2nd Paratrooper Battalion * Tiger Regiment * Artillery & Signals Regiment

rdf:langString TPDF "Task Force" * 206th Brigade * Minziro Brigade 205th Brigade

rdf:langString Palestine Liberation Organisation

rdf:langString Ugandan rebels ---- Rwenzururu movement

rdf:langString Yoweri Museveni

rdf:langString Ahmed Kitete

rdf:langString Muhiddin Kimario

rdf:langString Silas Mayunga

rdf:langString Yorokamu Tizihwayo

rdf:langString Roland Makunda

rdf:langString Western Uganda campaign

rdf:langString late February – May 1979

rdf:langString the Uganda–Tanzania War

rdf:langString Western Uganda

rdf:langString Tanzanian-led victory

rdf:langString Unknown

rdf:langString Three brigades

rdf:langString FRONASA: 2,000+

rdf:langString * Southwestern and western Uganda mostly occupied by Tanzanian forces * Rwenzururu movement extends its territorial control in the Rwenzori Mountains

rdf:langString The Western Uganda campaign of 1979 was a military operation by Tanzanian forces and allied Ugandan rebels, mainly the Front for National Salvation (FRONASA), against Uganda Army (UA) troops loyal to Ugandan President Idi Amin during the Uganda–Tanzania War. The operation was launched by the Tanzania People's Defence Force's (TPDF) "Task Force", consisting of two brigades, in February 1979 to cover the Tanzanians' western axis of advance into Uganda. After securing the important city of Mbarara against Uganda Army counter-attacks, the TPDF Task Force captured several cities as well as the Kilembe Mines in the Rwenzori Mountains. These operations coincided with an expansion of the separatist Rwenzururu movement, a rebel group that exploited the collapse of the Uganda Army along the Uganda-Zaire border to secure territory and weaponry for itself. From the Rwenzori Mountains, the Task Force advanced to Hoima; there, it combined forces with another Tanzanian force, the 205th Brigade. Together, the TPDF formations advanced to Masindi, capturing it after a battle south of the city. With western Uganda largely under Tanzanian control, the Task Force and 205th Brigade subsequently split up again to capture northwestern and north-central Uganda.