Conflict: Mau Mau Rebellion
Combatants: British vs. Mau Mau
Location: Kenya
Outcome: British victory
In January of 1953, Mau Mau tribesman rose in rebellion against the colonial rule of the British in Kenya. The leader of the Mau Mau, Jomo Kenyatta, was imprisoned. Years of guerrilla warfare ensued, with abuses on both sides. On June 15th of 1953, British troops engaged and killed 125 Mau Mau in the Aberdare Forest.
Point of Interest:
The majority of the fighting had ended by 1955 after the death of some 10,000 Kenyan rebels.
Jomo Kenyatta was released in 1959, became the leader of the political independence party and was elected prime minister in 1963. Kenya became independent Commonwealth nation in December of the same year.
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Sources:
Dupuy, R. Ernest & Dupuy, Trevor N. (1993). The Harper's Encyclopedia of Military History. New York: HarperCollins.
Eggenberger, David (1985). An Encyclopedia of Battles: Accounts of Over 1,560 Battles from 1479 B.C. to the Present. New York: Dover Publications, Inc.
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