West Nile campaign

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In October 1980, Uganda's West Nile Region was the site of a major military campaign, as Uganda Army (UA) remnants invaded from Zaire as well as Sudan and seized several major settlements, followed by a counteroffensive by the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA) supported by militias and Tanzanian forces. The campaign resulted in large-scale destruction and massacres of civilians, mostly perpetrated by the UNLA and allied militants, with 1,000 to 30,000 civilians killed and 250,000 displaced. The clashes mark the beginning of the Ugandan Bush War.

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military campaign

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    TypeSubtypeDateDescriptionNotesSource
    eventarmed conflictWest Nile campaignmilitary campaignWikidata
    eventarmed conflict1888Battle of DufileUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battleWikidata