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The following is a list of wars involving Tanzania since its formation in 1964. Conflict. Combatant 1. Combatant 2. Results. President. Tanzanian. losses. Mozambican Civil War.
The Uganda–Tanzania War, known in Tanzania as the Kagera War ( Kiswahili: Vita vya Kagera) and in Uganda as the 1979 Liberation War, [a] was fought between Uganda and Tanzania from October 1978 until June 1979 and led to the overthrow of Ugandan President Idi Amin. The war was preceded by a deterioration of relations between Uganda and ...
History of Tanzania. The modern-day African Great Lakes state of Tanzania dates formally from 1964, when it was formed out of the union of the much larger mainland territory of Tanganyika and the coastal archipelago of Zanzibar. The former was a colony and part of German East Africa from the 1880s to 1919 when, under the League of Nations, it ...
This is a timeline of Tanzanian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Tanzania and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Tanzania. See also the list of presidents of Tanzania. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing ...
The Maji Maji Rebellion ( German: Maji-Maji-Aufstand, Swahili: Vita vya Maji Maji ), was an armed rebellion of Africans against German colonial rule in German East Africa (modern-day Tanzania ). The war was triggered by German colonial policies designed to force the indigenous population to grow cotton for export.
In October 1978 Uganda invaded the Kagera Salient in northern Tanzania, initiating the Uganda–Tanzania War. The Ugandans met light resistance and in November President Idi Amin of Uganda announced the annexation of all Tanzanian land north of the Kagera River. The Tanzanians organised a counter-offensive later in November and successfully ...
Wars and conflicts involving the Sultanate of Zanzibar, colonial Tanzania as part of German East Africa, the Tanganyika Territory, Tanganyika or modern Tanzania (1964-). Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
Battle of Entebbe. The Battle of Entebbe was a battle of the Uganda–Tanzania War that took place on 7 April 1979 on the Entebbe peninsula in Uganda between Tanzanian units and Ugandan and Libyan units. The Tanzanians occupied the area, killed hundreds of Libyans, and ended the Libyan airlift in support of the Ugandan government.