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Mogadishu (/ ˌ m ɒ ɡ ə ˈ d iː ʃ uː,-ˈ d ɪ ʃ-/, also US: / ˌ m oʊ ɡ-, ˌ m ɔː ɡ-/; Somali: Muqdisho, Wadaad: مُقْدِشو [mʉq'dɪ:ʃɔ] or Xamar, Wadaad: حَمَرْ ; Arabic: مقديشو , Italian: Mogadiscio), locally known as Xamar or Hamar, is the capital and most populous city of Somalia.
It was fought on 3–4 October 1993, in Mogadishu, Somalia, between forces of the United States —supported by UNOSOM II —against the forces of the Somali National Alliance (SNA) and armed irregular citizens of south Mogadishu. The battle was part of the two-year-old Somali Civil War.
- 3–4 October 1993
Apr 23, 2024 · Mogadishu, capital, largest city, and a major port of Somalia, located just north of the Equator on the Indian Ocean. One of the earliest Arab settlements on the East African coast, its origins date to the 10th century.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Oct 3, 2023 · Thirty years ago today, the U.S. military was involved in a brief but brutal battle in Somalia. In a series of firefights over two bloody days, 18 members of America’s most elite Special Forces...
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Apr 19, 2024 · U.S. forces, intervening in war-torn Somalia for humanitarian reasons, ran into trouble on a mission to seize a Somali militia leader in Mogadishu in October 1993. The resulting Battle of Mogadishu resulted in hundreds of total casualties and the end of the U.S.’s presence in Somalia.
Apr 16, 2022 · Learn about the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu, a disastrous mission by U.S. forces to capture a Somali warlord and his followers that ended in the death of 18 American soldiers and hundreds of Somalis. Find out the background, key events, and aftermath of this historical incident that inspired the 2001 movie "Black Hawk Down".
- DictionaryMo·ga·di·shu/ˌmōɡəˈdēSHo͞o/
- 1. the capital of Somalia, a port on the Indian Ocean; population 1,100,000 (est. 2007). Italian name Mogadiscio.
A historical report on the Battle of Mogadishu, a 1993 U.S. military operation that ended in a 18-hour urban firefight with Somali militias and left 18 Americans and hundreds of Somalis dead. The author argues that the lessons of this debacle have shaped U.S. foreign policy and the war on terrorism ever since.
