List of wars involving Tanzania

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The following is a list of wars involving Tanzania since its formation in 1964.

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Results President Tanzanian
losses
Mozambican Civil War
(1977–78; 1987–88) 		Mozambique FRELIMO
 Tanzania
 Zimbabwe 		Flag of RENAMO (1st version).png RENAMO
 Rhodesia 		Stalemate
Julius Nyerere
99 killed[1]
Uganda–Tanzania War
(1978–79) 		 Tanzania
Uganda UNLA
 Mozambique 		Uganda Uganda
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Libya
State of Palestine PLO 		Victory
373 killed[2]
Ugandan Bush War
(1980–1986) 		Uganda Uganda (Obote government)
 Tanzania 		Ugandan rebels: NRA, Uganda Army, UNRF (I), FUNA, , others Defeat
  • Tanzanian withdrawal in 1981; advisors initially remain in Uganda
  • Pro-Tanzanian government in Uganda overthrown in 1985
  • Tanzania begins to support its former enemy, the NRA, with weaponry
?
Invasion of Anjouan
(2008) 		 Tanzania
 Sudan
 Comoros
 Senegal 		 Anjouan Victory
Jakaya Kikwete
None
M23 Rebellion
(2013) 		 DR Congo
 South Africa
 Tanzania
 Malawi 		M23 Victory
  • Surrender of M23
1 killed[3]
ADF Insurgency
(2015–) 		 DR Congo
 Uganda
 South Africa
 Tanzania
 Malawi 		Flag of the Allied Democratic Forces.svg ADF Ongoing
  • UNFIB intervention in 2015
15+ killed[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Mozambique to return bodies of Tanzanian soldiers, Panapress, 2004.
  2. ^ Acheson-Brown, Daniel G. (2001). "The Tanzanian Invasion of Uganda: A Just War?" (PDF). International Third World Studies Journal and Review. 12: 1–11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-21. Retrieved 2018-01-25.
  3. ^ "Casualties as Congo and UN forces fight rebels – Yahoo News". News.yahoo.com. 26 August 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  4. ^ "At Least 15 U.N. Peacekeepers Are Killed in Congo". The New York Times. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
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