Uganda–Tanzania War

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interstate conflict war

The Uganda–Tanzania War was a 1978–1979 conflict in which Tanzania overthrew Idi Amin’s Ugandan regime after Ugandan forces invaded Tanzanian territory.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Uganda–Tanzania War canonical	3
Ugandan-Tanzanian War	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	interstate conflict ⓘ war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Kagera War NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Uganda under Idi Amin NERFINISHED ⓘ United Republic of Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ
casusBelli	Ugandan incursion into the Kagera Salient ⓘ
conflictBetween	Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryInvolved	Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ
endDate	1979 ⓘ
followedBy	Ugandan Bush War NERFINISHED ⓘ political instability in Uganda ⓘ
hasBattle	Battle of Entebbe NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Kampala NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Lukaya NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Masaka NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Mutukula NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCause	Ugandan invasion of Tanzanian territory ⓘ border dispute in the Kagera region ⓘ
hasCommander	Idi Amin NERFINISHED ⓘ Julius Nyerere NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasParticipant	Tanzania People’s Defence Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Uganda Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSignificance	ended Idi Amin’s rule in Uganda ⓘ strengthened Tanzania’s regional role in East Africa ⓘ
involvedLeader	Abdul Nassor Shalishali NERFINISHED ⓘ David Oyite-Ojok NERFINISHED ⓘ Idi Amin NERFINISHED ⓘ Julius Nyerere NERFINISHED ⓘ Tito Okello NERFINISHED ⓘ Yoweri Museveni NERFINISHED ⓘ
keyEvent	Tanzanian counter-invasion of Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ capture of Kampala by Tanzanian and Ugandan exile forces ⓘ flight of Idi Amin into exile ⓘ
locatedIn	East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
outcome	installation of Uganda National Liberation Front government ⓘ
partOf	Cold War era conflicts ⓘ
precededBy	Idi Amin’s seizure of power in Uganda ⓘ
result	Tanzanian victory ⓘ overthrow of Idi Amin ⓘ regime change in Uganda ⓘ
startDate	1978 ⓘ
supportedBy	Uganda National Liberation Front NERFINISHED ⓘ Ugandan exile groups ⓘ
territorialFocus	Kagera region NERFINISHED ⓘ Kampala NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Uganda ⓘ
timePeriod	1970s ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kagera Region → historicalEvent → Uganda–Tanzania War ⓘ

Kagera Region → wasInvolvedIn → Uganda–Tanzania War ⓘ

1980 Ugandan general election → heldAfter → Uganda–Tanzania War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ugandan-Tanzanian War

Yoweri Museveni → conflictParticipatedIn → Uganda–Tanzania War ⓘ