Historical Accuracy of Black Hawk Down

The Black Hawk War was a major conflict between the United States of America and the Native Americans. It, like many Native American versus America wars, is fairly unknown. It took place in the year of 1832. There are many things one should know about the Black Hawk War, such as what started it, the major military events, and what happened once the war was finished.

The Crossing is a fine reproduction of the accounts General Washington went through on the famous crossing of the Delaware to attack the Hessian’s who had occupied Trenton, New Jersey. The script for the movie was written by Howard Fast a well-known author who has written many historical novels. Many of those novels were turned into movies as well. The director, Robert Harmon, made a few noteworthy biopics on historical topics with one of the best known “Ike: Countdown to D-Day”. It was apparent that these two did some research on the events leading up to and after the crossing of the Delaware took place. The movie The Crossing is mostly historically accurate, portrays General Washington as a strong leader, and demonstrates why even popular culture movies create an

On July 13, 2008, Taliban fighters launched a major assault on a small U.S. Army outpost in Afghanistan, killing nine soldiers and wounding 27. The story of Wanat is more then just one small group of commanders’ mistakes; it is a window into how the war in Afghanistan went awry and how we can learn from these mistakes to better future missions and future leaders.

Operation Anaconda was the first major joint combat operation against the war on terror that the US was committed to winning. This operation would test our military’s readiness for joint operations against a hardened and willing adversary. The primary mission was to kill/capture Taliban/Al Qaeda forces occupying towns and villages in the vicinity of Shahi Khot in order to gain control of the valley.1 The US needed the towns, villages, mountains, and more importantly, the intricate and hard to access caves cleared of enemy fighters. Units participating in the operation included elements of the 101st Airborne Division, 10th Mountain Division, Special Operations Forces (SOF), and Coalition forces from seven nations

Due to these instabilities within Somalia, it was essential for the UN, EU, and AU to combine their efforts and form an

The deployment of United States Special Forces to Somalia to apprehend General Aidid was in the interest of the United States, if Nuechterlein's outline of national security interest was anything to go by. Somali had gone through difficult times and there was need to restore normalcy in this Horn of Africa's state. Restoring normalcy would have ensured that stability returned. Moreover, this would have ensured that the instability that had been realized here never spilled over into other Eastern Africa states. Had the United States Special Forces succeeded in apprehending General Aidid, a democratically elected government would have been instituted. This government would have prioritized democratic governance principles that conform to United States Army War College's "Favorable World Order category" (Nuechterlein, 1985). Yes, it was difficult to establish Jeffersonian democracy in Somalia bearing in mind that Somalia was a tribal nation; however, it was something worth giving a short. This could only be made possible by chopping off the head of Aidid's organization and ultimately taking Aidid out of the streets. Under the leadership of Aidid, the United Nations lost at least 24 soldiers of Pakistani origin many of whom were skinned (Bowden, 1997).

I am writing this paper to identify and analyze the historic failed mission of Operation: Eagle Claw. Operation Eagle Claw is a prime example of a failed mission due to lack of communication and sharing of knowledge between government agencies and military branches. This operation took five months to plan and took place on April 24, 1980. The mission was proceeded by an attack on the US Embassy in Tehran, Iran. This attack was made by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini who was the leader of Iran at the time. In the late 1970’s when Khomeini took over the Iran, Shah fled the country and was eventually granted entrance into the United States by President Carter in order to obtain treatment for his cancer. Khomeini demanded that the US release

While the opposing armed forces in Somali were firing on the Americans, the rescue team was pinned down. Shawn Nelson was one of the real-life survivors of the mission who was an M60 gunner who came from one of the helicopters by a rope. In an interview with reporter Mark Bowden, he said "We immediately started taking fire from the ground. I could see people below us with weapons maneuvering about.” Another important person in the mission was Mike Durant, a U.S. Army pilot who was captured and held by Somali militants for 11 days and eventually survive the whole ordeal. Unfortunately, Delta Force operators and Medal of Honor recipients Gary Gordon and Randy Shughart sacrificed their lives while attempting to rescue him. The battle lasted 15 hours and left 18 Americans dead and 73 injured. It is also believed that hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Somalis were killed. Politically, President Bill Clinton was in trouble and had to get the United States Soldiers out of the country. Graphic videos broadcasted of warlord Mohammed Aidid’s supporters desecrating American soldiers’ corpses put even further pressure on Clinton to remove the

The Pentagon’s Africa Command has worked tirelessly on a decade-long counterinsurgency operation against the guerrilla group. The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for crimes against humanity and war crimes

The Ambassador said, “we share the Chair's assessment that Al-Shabaab continues to pose a serious threat to peace and security in Somalia. They have been ramping up attacks after rejecting President Farmajo's amnesty offer.” He also expressed his support of “the request by the Head of the African Union Mission in Somalia for a surge in troops to enable AMISOM forces and the Somali National Army to decisively degrade and defeat Al-Shabaab.”

Most Americans knew about the wars great losses for the decades leading up to the 1998 release of “Saving Private Ryan”, few knew the extreme sacrifices of the soldiers to provide

In August of 1992, President George Bush Sr. sent US soldiers into Somalia to provide humanitarian relief to those Somalis suffering from starvation. The major problems in Somalia started when President Mohammed Siad Barre was overthrown by a coalition of opposing clans. Although there were several opposing groups, the prominent one was led by Mohammed Farah Aidid. Following the overthrow of Barre, a massive power struggle ensued. These small scale civil wars led to the destruction of the agriculture in Somalia, which in turn led to the deprivation of food in large parts of the country. When the international community heard of this, large quantities of food were sent to ease Somali suffering. However, clan leaders like Aidid routinely

The movie Black Hawk Down is a movie that is directed by Ridley Scott in 2001. Stars of Black Hawk Down are Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, and Tom Sizemore. This movie is rated R with a 7.7 rating out of 10. Showing real life situations this is a dramatic, historic, thriller. U.S soldiers dropped into Somalia to capture two lieutenants from a warlord by the name of Mohammed Aidid when the U.S troops were faced with a battle of highly armed somalis.

Abdallah is the Commander-in-Chief of the Justice and Equality Movement and Saleh is the current Minister of National Defense in Sudan. Abdallah is charged with three counts of war crimes and Saleh is charged with seven counts of crimes against humanity and six counts of war crimes. Three counts of war crimes for both Abdallah and Saleh are attributed to an attack against African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) in 2007. AMIS was on a peacekeeping mission. On 16 June 2010, Abdallah and Saleh arrived at The Hague. The hearing about the charges being put forward against Abdallah and Saleh was held in December despite both defendants deciding to not be present and instead stayed in their cells. There were 89 victims who participated in the confirmation hearing (by way of legal representation). On March 7, 2011, the case against Banda and Jerbo was sent to trial. PTC 1 concluded that the war crime charges against Banda and Jerbo were valid. After the assumed death of Saleh Mohammed Jerbo Jamus, a status conference was held on July 18, 2013, to decide whether to drop the ICC charges against him and how to proceed with prosecuting the co-accused Abdalla Abakaer Nourain. A decision is pending. Although there was never an actual death certificate found, there was enough evidence to convince the judge that Jerbo had been killed in a rebel attack in North Darfur in April 2013. TC IV ended the case against Jerbo on October 4,

This paper briefly describes the delayed U.S. involvement in Somalia. The three major operations conducted under the United Nations mandate in Somalia, between 1992 and 1994, in the effort to stabilize a country torn by famine and civil war. Then, it focuses on the operations conducted by the United States Task Force Ranger (TFR) between August 26, 1993 and October 4, 1993, in Mogadishu Somalia. Followed by how limited coordination with the United Nations and the ineffective use of intelligence assets led to a costly tactical victory with heavy casualties.