Operation Restore Hope facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Operation Restore Hope |
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| Part of the Somali Civil War | |||||||
 UNITAF Area of Operations, February 1993 |
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| United Somali Congress | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Boutros Boutros Ghali George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton Robert B. Johnston (UNITAF) |
Mohamed Farrah Aidid | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| US: 43 killed 153 wounded (Includes UNOSOM II casualties) Italy: 3 killed 36 wounded Australia: 1 killed 3 wounded Belgium: 3 killed 2+ wounded Malaysia: 1 killed Greece: 1 killed |
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The Operation Restore Hope was an operation of the United States and many of its allied countries in Somalia. The operation was protected by the United Nations. The United States was the leader of this operation. Somalia was in civil war and many people were dying from hunger in this country. The goal of this operation was creating suitable conditions and calming down the situation in Somalia for helping the Somali people who needed food in the southern part of this country.
After the killing of several Pakistani peacekeepers, the Security Council ordered the allied forces by the Resolution 837, that they can do anything for sending the humanitarian aid to the Somali people in accordance to Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter. This operation was successful.
Images for kids
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Indian Army T-72 tanks
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Turkish Army briefing
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Participating forces of the United States Navy
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President George H. W. Bush and General Thomas Mikolajcik in Somalia
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Marines offloading a Landing Craft Air Cushion at Mogadishu airport
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U.S. and Italian light armor
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German Paratrooper Battalion 261 armored personnel carrier
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UNOSOM II area of operations.
