Operation Mushroom | |||||||
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Part of Mau Mau Uprising | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Mau Mau | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Winston Churchill (1953–1955) Anthony Eden (1955–1956) General George Erskine Evelyn Baring |
Dedan Kimathi Musa Mwariama Waruhiu Itote | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Royal Air Force | Unknown | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
None from enemy action |
900+ killed unknown number wounded |
Operation Mushroom was the use of airpower by the Royal Air Force against the Mau Mau Movement during the Mau Mau Uprising in British Kenya from 1953 to 1956.[1]