#Uganda
3 entries tagged Uganda.
Events (1)
- Entebbe hijacking 1976 hijacking of an Air France jet by the Baader-Meinhof Group, ended by a daring Israeli commando rescue raid at Entebbe Airport in Uganda.
Places (2)
- Entebbe Airport Entebbe Airport is a Ugandan airport that was the site of the 1976 Air France hijacking, which ended when Israeli commandos raided the airport in Operation Thunderbolt to rescue the hostages.
- Uganda Uganda under Idi Amin (1971-1979) is significant for this vault primarily through the 1976 Entebbe hostage crisis, in which Amin provided support to Palestinian and German hijackers holding Israeli passengers at Entebbe Airport; the Israeli raid to rescue the hostages became one of the most celebrated special operations of the Cold War era.