Black Hawk Down

By Bclarkssummit

  • Operation Provide Relief

    Operation Provide Relief
    The UN began its humanitarian relief effort in Somalia, which it called Operation Provide Relief

  • Bush's Declaration

    Bush's Declaration
    The UN was unable to deliver relief aid to Somalia because of the group al-Shabab, who was preventing relief aid delivery. President Bush proposed that US troops should be sent to Somalia.

  • US Troops Sent to Somalia

    US Troops Sent to Somalia
    The UN accepted Bush's offer; 25,000 US troops were then sent to Somalia.

  • Addis Ababa Accords

    Addis Ababa Accords
    The Addis Ababa Accords were signed. This was an agreement to try and end violence in Somalia, calling it Operation Provide Relief II

  • Turn Over

    Turn Over
    The US officially handed over Operation Restore Hope to the UN. In the span of about a month, only 1,200 US troops remained in Somalia.

  • Aidid

    Aidid
    The US and the UN attacked targets in Mongadishu that were related to Mohamed Farrah Aidid, dictator of Somalia.

  • Battle of Mogadish

    Battle of Mogadish
    US Army Task Force Ranger went in to try and take out Aidid. However, this led to a 17 hour battle killing 18 US soldiers and wounding 84.

  • Removal

    Removal
    President Clinton declared that all US troops were to be removed by March