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History | January 2019. The Legacy of Black Hawk Down. Twenty-five years after the battle chronicled in the best-selling book, the author argues that we’ve learned the wrong lessons about...
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It was fought on 3–4 October 1993, in Mogadishu, Somalia, between forces of the United States —supported by UNOSOM II —against the forces of the Somali National Alliance (SNA) and armed irregulars of south Mogadishu. The battle was part of the two-year-old Somali Civil War.
Jun 27, 2024 · Two Black Hawk helicopters were shot down by rocket-propelled grenades, leaving surviving aircrew at risk at the helicopter crash sites. Most of the troops fought through to the first crash site, but they were then pinned down under heavy fire.
Sep 14, 2023 · On October 3, 1993, Somali forces shot down three American Black Hawk helicopters, leaving U.S. soldiers stranded in a deadly firefight known as the Battle of Mogadishu.
When 18 American soldiers were killed and images broadcast of bodies dragged through the streets of an enigmatic African city, it was a horrible blow to the national psyche. In a 2-hour review of...
Oct 8, 2021 · Learn about the 1993 US military operation to capture Somali warlords, which resulted in the shooting down of two helicopters and the death of 19 soldiers. Discover the context, the aftermath and the legacy of the Battle of Mogadishu, also known as Black Hawk Down.
Those raids, initially the kind soldiers train for routinely, erupted into a crisis when militiamen downed two Black Hawk helicopters using rocket propelled grenades.
