History Of The Black Hawk Down

Somalia also known as the “horn of Africa” is a country located in east Africa. The nation of Somali existed for more than a thousand year. In the 19th century Europeans countries such as Britain, France, and Italy came to colonies Somalia and split up the country. The British abandoned British Somalia after the natives uprising. After WWII the Italians were forced to leave Somalia and the country was given to the UN. In 1960 the Republic of Somalia was created from British Somalia and Italian Somalia. This is why people in Somali can speak English and others can speak Italian. Neighboring countries include Kenya, Ethiopia, and Djibouti. Above Somalia is the Gulf of Aden and east of it is the Indian Ocean. Somali and Arabic are the official …show more content…
The battle lasted from October 3 1993 to October 4 1994 between the SNA rebel group and the UN which was troops from the United States, Malaysia and Pakistan. Task Force Ranger received tip where the location of SNA leaders where at. They set up an operation to capture those leaders with 19 aircraft all named Black hawk, 12 vehicles, several Humvees and 160 men. The operation was supposed to last no more than an hour but instead it lasted for 2 days. When the soldiers came down from the helicopter crowds of Somalians began to surround them from different direction. So it was hard to tell who part of SNA was and who was a civilians. One vehicle containing about 27 American soldiers was hit and they got wounded. The clan leaders along with some of their members were captured by the UN soldiers. Vehicles carrying wondered soldiers rushed towards the base but one soldier died on the way. There was a miscommunication between the convey and the task force delta so they didn’t leave the site as soon as the prisoners where loaded. This is could be a factor on why so many soldiers died, they didn’t leave before the Somali military came. But when they did take off Black Hawk 1 who was circling the city carrying utility was hit by grenade only 2 solders survived. They were surrounded by Somalia civilians and military. The convoy with the prisoners and ground troops began to go towards the crash site. A Search rescue team was also deployed. After Black Hawk 1 crashed Black Hawk 2 was deployed to circle the city and bring supplies but after the covey containing the prisoners began to get assaulted by Somalian snipers and armed militia gaining heavy casualties, black hawk 2 was hit by a rocked grenade and crashes. Crowds of Somalians began to surround that helicopter as well. The snipers came to protect black hawk 2 but they ran out of ammunition