Battle of Tororo

Battle of Tororo
Part of the Uganda–Tanzania War
Tororo Battle of Tororo (Uganda)
Date 2–4 March 1979 Location Tororo, Uganda Result Ugandan government victory
Belligerents
Ugandan rebels	Uganda
Commanders and leaders
Lorne Owere	Idi Amin Abdulatif Tiyua Hussein Mohammed
Units involved
Forces of National Revolt Air and Sea Battalion mutineers	Air and Sea Battalion loyalists Gaddafi Battalion Eastern Brigade Uganda Army Air Force
Strength
~200 FNR guerrillas Unknown number of mutineers	unknown
Casualties and losses
30–50 FNR guerrillas killed unknown captured	400+ killed (FNR claim)
10 FNR guerrillas were arrested by Kenyan police and later expelled from their territory. An unspecified number of Ugandan government soldiers were interned by Kenyan authorities and sent back into Uganda.

The Battle of Tororo was a battle of the Uganda–Tanzania War that took place from 2 to 4 March 1979 at Tororo, Uganda and its surroundings. It was fought between Ugandan rebels loyal to Milton Obote and Uganda Army units loyal to President Idi Amin. In an attempt to destabilise Amin's rule and capture weapons for an insurrection, a group of guerrillas launched a raid from Kenya against Tororo, whose garrison partially mutinied and joined them after a brief fight. Loyalist Ugandan military forces, most importantly its air force, launched a large-scale counter-attack and defeated the rebels after heavy fighting.