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3 unusual facts about Battle of Mogadishu


Battle of Mogadishu

Fall of Mogadishu (2006): The Transitional Federal Government and Ethiopian Army attacked and captured the city held by the Islamic Courts Union

Battle of South Mogadishu, a two-day armed clash in February, 2009, between the TFG and Hizbul Islam

Battle of Mogadishu (2009), a 6 month stand-off between al-Shabaab and Hizbul Islam rebels and the TFG-ARS Alliance, involving 7 rounds of high intensity violence


Delta Force: Black Hawk Down

Following the third mission, the player assumes the role of the same soldier, but assigned to 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta, taking part in Operation Gothic Serpent, a military operation conducted during the Battle of Mogadishu on October 3, 1993.

Exit strategy

The term was used technically in internal Pentagon critiques of the Vietnam War (cf. President Richard Nixon's promise of Peace With Honor), but remained obscure to the general public until the Battle of Mogadishu, Somalia when the U.S. military involvement in that U.N. peacekeeping operation cost the lives of U.S. troops without a clear objective.

Mogadishu Mile

The Mogadishu Mile refers to a route that was run by United States Army Rangers and Delta Force soldiers from a helicopter crash site to an appointed rally point held by the 10th Mountain Division on National Street during the Battle of Mogadishu on October 4, 1993.


see also

Black Hawk Down

Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk, the military helicopter used by the United States in the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu

Keni Thomas

Twenty years later he returned to Mogadishu with fellow veteran Jeff Struecker to film a short retracing their steps in the Battle of Mogadishu.