Uganda (orange) was invaded by rebels from Kenya (green)
Date
October 1977
Location
Eastern Uganda
Result
Ugandan government victory
Belligerents
Uganda
Uganda Liberation Movement[a] Supported by: Israel (alleged)
Commanders and leaders
Idi Amin
Unknown
Units involved
Uganda Army State Research Bureau
Various Kenya-based exile groups
Casualties and losses
Unknown
Several killed or captured
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Ugandan resistance to Idi Amin
Assassination attempts
Anti-Amin student protests
1972 invasion
Arube uprising
Operation Mafuta Mingi
1977 invasion
Uganda–Tanzania War
Tororo
Uganda National Liberation Front
Save Uganda Movement
Kikosi Maalum
Front for National Salvation
Uganda Nationalist Organization
The 1977 invasion of Uganda was an armed attempt by Ugandan exiles to overthrow the government of President Idi Amin. The exiles were based in Kenya, organized as the "Uganda Liberation Movement", and enjoyed covert foreign support. A Ugandan intelligence agency and a member of the rebel group claimed that Israel was backing the insurgents, but this was not independently confirmed. The Ugandan government learned of the rebels' plans beforehand. The invasion consequently failed when the rebels were confronted and defeated by the Uganda Army after crossing the Kenya-Uganda border in October 1977. Amin stayed in power until being overthrown during the Uganda–Tanzania War.
^Avirgan & Honey 1983, p. 46.
^Mann, Roger (24 June 1977). "Amin Alive". The Washington Post. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
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