Fall of Kampala

Fall of Kampala

Infobox Military Conflict
conflict=The Liberation of Kampala
partof=Uganda-Tanzania War
date=1979
place=Kampala
result=Tanzanian victory. Overthrow of Idi Amin
combatant1=flagicon|Uganda Ugandan Army
combatant2=flagicon|Tanzania Tanzania People's Defence Force flagicon|Uganda Uganda National Liberation Army
commander1= flagicon|Uganda Idi Amin
commander2=Tanzanian army: flagicon|Tanzania Julius Nyerere
UNLF: flagicon|Uganda Tito Okello flagicon|Uganda Yoweri Museveni flagicon|Uganda David Oyite-Ojok
strength1=Number of Ugandan Army troops: ?
strength2=Numbers of Tanzanians: ?
Number of UNLA troops: ?
casualties1=
casualties2=
notes= The Fall or Liberation of Kampala was a battle during the Uganda-Tanzania War, in which the combined forces of the Tanzanian army and the Uganda National Liberation Army (composed of Ugandan exiles) attacked and captured the Ugandan capital Kampala. This resulted in the overthrow of Idi Amin, the military dictator of Uganda, whose invasion of Tanzania had started the war. Idi Amin fled first to Libya, then to Saudi Arabia, where he died in 2003.

In popular culture

This battle is fictionally depicted in the novel "The Last King of Scotland".


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