battle, Cold War

Battle of Tororo

Name: Battle of Tororo
Start: 1979-03-04
Location: Tororo, Uganda

Battle of Tororo was a battle fought on 4 March 1979 at Tororo, in what is now Uganda. The recorded result: Ugandan government victory. Recorded strength: ~200 FNR guerrillas; Unknown number of mutineers against Unknown.

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Fought4 March 1979

WhereTororo, Uganda0.693S, 34.181E

OutcomeUgandan government victory

BelligerentsUgandan rebelsagainstSecond Republic of Uganda

Casualties and losses30–50 FNR guerrillas killed; unknown capturedand400+ killed (FNR claim)

Record

Date	4 March 1979
Place	Tororo, Uganda 0.693S, 34.181E
Kind	Battle, Cold War
Strength	~200 FNR guerrillas; Unknown number of mutineers	Unknown
Casualties and losses	30–50 FNR guerrillas killed; unknown captured	400+ killed (FNR claim)
Commanders	Idi Amin Abdulatif Tiyua Hussein Mohammed

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Jinja 1979, 113 km W
Battle of Lukaya 1979, 263 km W
Battle of Bukoba 1915, 272 km W
Battle of Masaka 1979, 275 km W
Battle of Karuma Falls 1979, 275 km SW

Elsewhere in 1979

Battle of Tororo is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 15 in present-day Uganda.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q60524458, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Tororo, revision 1370591295, 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.