Battle of Jinja (original) (raw)

dbo:abstract

The Battle of Jinja was a battle of the Uganda–Tanzania War that took place on 22 April 1979 near and in the city of Jinja, Uganda between Tanzanian and allied Uganda National Liberation Front forces, and Ugandan troops loyal to Idi Amin. The Tanzanians and the UNLF men met slight resistance and captured Owen Falls Dam and the town of Jinja. Idi Amin had seized power in Uganda in 1971 and established a brutal dictatorship. Seven years later he attempted to invade neighbouring Tanzania to the south. The attack was repulsed, and the Tanzanians launched a counter-attack into Ugandan territory. After a number of battles, Amin's regime and military largely collapsed, and Kampala, the capital, was seized by the Tanzanians and the UNLF. Ugandan troops fled to the eastern city of Jinja, whose capture was entrusted to a force consisting of the Tanzanian 208th Brigade and members of the UNLF. The Tanzanian-UNLF force moved east out from Kampala on 15 April. Early in the morning on 22 April, the Tanzanians bombarded Jinja with artillery, and under the cover of darkness advanced towards the two bridges that crossed the Nile river west of the city. The column eliminated the resistance along the river and seized the Owen Falls Dam, which provided hydroelectric power to the entirety of Uganda. It entered Jinja largely unopposed and was met by cheering crowds, though sweeps through the city led to the capture of a few straggling Ugandan soldiers. (en)

dbo:causalties

1 wounded

dbo:combatant

Uganda National Liberation Front

dbo:date

1979-04-22 (xsd:date)

dbo:isPartOfMilitaryConflict

dbr:Eastern_Uganda_campaign_of_1979

dbo:place

dbo:result

Tanzanian-UNLF victory

dbo:strength

3,000
200–2,000
3 tanks

dbo:thumbnail

wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Map_of_Kampala_area,_1995.jpg?width=300

dbo:wikiPageExternalLink

dbo:wikiPageID

60258346 (xsd:integer)

dbo:wikiPageLength

26702 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger)

dbo:wikiPageRevisionID

1124665990 (xsd:integer)

dbo:wikiPageWikiLink

dbp:casualties

1 (xsd:integer)
2 (xsd:integer)
unknown killed or wounded (en)
~6 captured (en)

dbp:combatant

Uganda National Liberation Front (en)

dbp:commander

Unknown (en)
Mwita Marwa (en)
Salim Hassan Boma (en)

dbp:conflict

Battle of Jinja (en)

dbp:date

1979-04-22 (xsd:date)

dbp:partof

the eastern campaign of the Uganda–Tanzania War (en)

dbp:place

Jinja and surroundings, Uganda (en)

dbp:result

Tanzanian-UNLF victory (en)

dbp:strength

3 (xsd:integer)
200 (xsd:integer)
3000 (xsd:integer)

dbp:territory

Jinja occupied by Tanzanian-UNLF forces (en)

dbp:units

208 (xsd:integer)
Eagle Colonel Gaddafi Battalion (en)

dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate

dct:subject

georss:point

-0.423333 33.203889

rdf:type

rdfs:comment

The Battle of Jinja was a battle of the Uganda–Tanzania War that took place on 22 April 1979 near and in the city of Jinja, Uganda between Tanzanian and allied Uganda National Liberation Front forces, and Ugandan troops loyal to Idi Amin. The Tanzanians and the UNLF men met slight resistance and captured Owen Falls Dam and the town of Jinja. (en)

rdfs:label

Battle of Jinja (en)

owl:sameAs

geo:geometry

POINT(33.203887939453 -0.42333298921585)

geo:lat

-0.423333 (xsd:float)

geo:long

33.203888 (xsd:float)

prov:wasDerivedFrom

wikipedia-en:Battle_of_Jinja?oldid=1124665990&ns=0

foaf:depiction

foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf

wikipedia-en:Battle_of_Jinja

foaf:name

Battle of Jinja (en)

is dbo:wikiPageWikiLink of

is foaf:primaryTopic of

wikipedia-en:Battle_of_Jinja