Permanent historical factsheet

Invasion of Freetown

Name: Invasion of Freetown – Sierra Leone factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Sierra Leone · Warfare / Civil War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

1Records

1999Date range

1Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1999

Sam Bockarie6 January 1999

Freetown · Warfare / Sierra Leone Civil War

AFRC and RUF forces launch a devastating attack on Freetown

Names involved

Sam Bockarie

Provenance

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