Australian Force Somalia : 1992-1993 / Bob Breen.

By: Breen, Bob [author.]Contributor(s): Australia. Department of Defence. Army History Unit [contributor.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Australian Army campaign series ; 31.Publisher: Newport, NSW : Big Sky Publishing Pty Ltd, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 208 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781922615183Subject(s): United Nations -- Peacekeeping forces -- Somalia | Operation Restore Hope, 1992-1993 | International relief -- Somalia | Australia -- Armed Forces -- Foreign service -- Somalia | Australia -- Relations -- Somalia | Somalia -- Social conditions -- 1960-DDC classification: 363.34988 Summary: In 1992, civil war, drought and economic collapse left four million Somalis destitute, displaced and starving. Twenty-six nations sent their young men and women to make sure that food reached those who needed it. Australia joined this international 'coalition of the willing' with the Australian Force Somalia comprised of a 1,000-strong battalion group based on 1st Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment from the 3rd Brigade in Townsville as well as a small national liaison headquarters from 1st Division in Brisbane. Opposing the US-led Unified Task Force were Somali warlords and their militia armies that had been pillaging humanitarian aid and terrorising the Somali population during a bloody civil war.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-199) and index.

In 1992, civil war, drought and economic collapse left four million Somalis destitute, displaced and starving. Twenty-six nations sent their young men and women to make sure that food reached those who needed it. Australia joined this international 'coalition of the willing' with the Australian Force Somalia comprised of a 1,000-strong battalion group based on 1st Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment from the 3rd Brigade in Townsville as well as a small national liaison headquarters from 1st Division in Brisbane. Opposing the US-led Unified Task Force were Somali warlords and their militia armies that had been pillaging humanitarian aid and terrorising the Somali population during a bloody civil war.

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