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There were also reports about Ugandan troops crossing the border in a raid targeting Mahagi and Bunia in retaliation for the Congolese air attacks. [26] Around 15 March 1965, Uganda Army soldiers attacked ANC forces led by Mike Hoare which were in the process of retaking Mahagi from Simba rebels during Operation White Giant. [23]
The Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF), previously known as the National Resistance Army, is the armed forces of Uganda.From 2007 to 2011, the International Institute for Strategic Studies estimated the UPDF had a total strength of 40,000–45,000, consisting of land forces and an air wing. [6]
[113] [114] Though the Uganda Army employed at least 20,000 personnel by 1978/79, [87] [115] only 3,000 Ugandan soldiers at most were deployed at the front lines at any given time. [116] The 10,000 new recruits had little training, and were used to man roadblocks instead of serving at the front lines. [ 94 ]
By comparison, there was an essentially bottomless pool of 10,000 replacements per year available for the Vietnamese Communists. [10] During the Vietnamese Campaign 139, which threatened the existence of Vang Pao's L'Armee Clandestine, 300 Thai artillerymen of Special Requirement 9 arrived at Long Tieng. They arrived on 18 March 1970, when Vang ...
A soldier in an internally displaced persons camp in northern Uganda in 2003. Northern Uganda saw a number of displaced civilians due to civil conflict in Uganda, as well as civil war in neighbouring Sudan. The new NRA government's occupation of the north was challenged by rebel groups formed among the former supporters of Obote.
The Uganda Army admitted that nine soldiers had been killed. According to the Ugandan government, about 150 Ugandan civilians had died during the invasion. [34] Between nine and 20 Tanzanian civilians were killed during the Ugandan airstrikes. [35] [25] One American Peace Corps worker was killed by crossfire in southern Uganda. [53]