battle, Cold War

Christmas Eve Battle

Name: Christmas Eve Battle
Location: Thika, Kenya

Christmas Eve Battle was a battle fought in 1953 at Thika, in what is now Kenya. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Thika. It was part of Q476855. The recorded result: Mau Mau victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against 60 insurgents.

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Fought1953

WhereThika, Kenya1.050S, 37.083E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeMau Mau victory

BelligerentsBritish Empire; KenyaagainstMau Mau

Part ofQ476855

Record

Date	1953 (year precision)
Place	Thika, Kenya 1.050S, 37.083E
Kind	Battle, Cold War
Strength	Unknown	60 insurgents
Casualties and losses	2 Europeans killed; 1 African police killed; 6 wounded; Total: 9	5 killed; 4 captured; Total: 9 insurgents
Commanders	Archibald Wavell, 2nd Earl Wavell	Dedan Kimathi

Placed at Thika; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Kahe 1916, 161 km SE
Battle of Kilimanjaro 1914, 227 km S
Battle of Latema Nek 1916, 267 km S
Battle of Salaita Hill 1916, 270 km S
Battle of Tororo 1979, 325 km W

Elsewhere in 1953

Attack on the Moncada Barracks Cuba
Battle of Pork Chop Hill South Korea
Battle of Kumsong North Korea
Battle of the Samichon River People's Republic of China
Battle of the Hook South Korea

Christmas Eve Battle is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 9 in present-day Kenya.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q16826761, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Christmas Eve Battle, revision 1370611399, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.