PropertyValue
rdf:type
rdfs:label
  • Operation Kitona
owl:sameAs
prov:wasDerivedFrom
skos:prefLabel
  • Operation Kitona
skos:altLabel
  • decisive role in the defense of Kinshasa during the early days of the war
  • Battle for Kinshasa
  • Rwandan attack on Kinshasa
  • an attack on western Congo
  • defend N'Djili and its airport
  • first noted AFZ operation
  • hijacked three planes
  • landed at the airbase
  • one of the decisive battles
clgo:causalties
  • Unknown (Likely in the thousands)
clgo:combatant
  • Banyamulenge
  • FAZ Mutineers
  • (From 22 August)
  • (From 8 August)
  • (Limited to assisting the Rwandan retreat)
  • 22px|borderUNITA
clgo:commander
clgo:date
  • 1998-08-04
clgo:isPartOfMilitaryConflict
clgo:place
clgo:result
  • Congolese victory
clgo:strength
  • Unknown
  • 2,500+
  • 800+
  • 15,000+ Congolese Rebels
  • 3,000+ Rwandan and Ugandan Regulars