Background and overview

History and history of Somalia

Somalia, which occupies a large part of the Somali Peninsula, called the “African Horn”, was divided between June and July 1960 by the British Protected Somaliland (Northern Somalia) and Italian Trust and Control Somali (Southern Somalia). Born after an independent merger. By the way, another French Somaliland (northwestern Somalia) became independent as Djibouti in June 1977.
After that, in October 1970, after the political instability and bloodless coup due to the rivalry of small tribal parties, it began to follow the path as a socialist state. However, the road is never flat, and on the way, I invaded Ethiopia by `` major Somaliism '' that gathers Somali people dispersed in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Djibouti, or an anti-Soviet attitude that changed with the Soviet honeymoon era The treaty has been abandoned, the base has been provided to the US military, and several rebels have been armed uprising.
In January 1991, the powerful Bale socialist government that ruled Somalia collapsed due to the repression of the capital by the Somali Union Council (USC). However, the struggle between over 30 warriors of each “clan” who cooperated in the overthrow of the administration became intensified and fell into civil war. As a result, the national infrastructure was destroyed, more than 4 million people, half the population, were starved, and the refugee outflow exceeded 1 million.
The UN and others sent relief supplies to Somalia, but they were exploited by warlords and did not reach the public, and the situation did not improve. The most powerful of the warlords was General Aide, former USC chairman and based on the Hawija clan.

Failure of civil war intervention by the United Nations

The United Nations, which failed to see the situation, took over a small PKF unit to maintain security in August 1992, and in December 1992, the United States armed forces in order to end the civil war and distribute the relief supplies fairly. Dispatched multinational forces.
In addition, after the second UN operation in Somalia in May 1993, a peace enforcement unit was organized, and stepping forward from the ceasefire monitoring up to that point, tried to force the will of the United Nations to force local forces. .
And, the largest army ideological group was recognized as "evil" and tried to suppress this particularly, but on the contrary, it was dragged into the battle with guerrillas and killed 150 people, mainly the US military. This is the subject of the movie “Blackhawk Down”.
The movie is Hollywood-convenient and is depicted as if it were a US military single operation, but it was actually a joint operation by a multinational force. By the way, as for the contents of the movie, it can be seen that Ridley Scott just wanted to draw "Space Warrior" with Somalia's setting.
After all, in March 1995, the UN completely withdrew from Somalia. In August 1996, General Eidedo died, but his third son, Hussein Eidedo, succeeded him. Even now, Somalia remains in an anarchic state and is in the midst of a never-ending civil war.

Somali tragedy again

Scenario status settings

Currently, terrorist eradication campaigns are being carried out around the world, but it has now been found that there are many Islamic extremists, including al-Qaeda members, under General Eidedo of Somali capital Mogadishu. The British-French Joint Army consisting of a fleet centered on the aircraft carrier was dispatched in the name of sweeping them.
The U.S. army had previously conducted an Ideid cadre arrest operation in Mogadishu, but there was a painful trauma that failed with both allied troops with many deaths, so only the British and French troops could not persuade domestic public opinion. It seems that he was in charge of the operation.
The British and French fleets have anchored offshore to prevent suicide bombing by boats and have built a fortified relay base on the beach. This came from the lesson that the United Nations forces, centered on the US military, were damaged because they had only deployed helicopters and non-armored vehicle units in previous operations. For this reason, both British and French troops have introduced powerful units including armored vehicles including tanks. From the offshore fleet, landings are carried out in sequence using helicopters and hovercraft.
However, since the Mogadishu city area where many residents live is the operation area, it is inevitable that the international community will be accused of accidental explosions. For this reason, great care is taken to prevent accidental explosions during engagement. The French carrier “Charles de Gaulle” has reduced the fighter Rafale M, and instead has been equipped with an attack helicopter tiger that is more suitable for proximity support. Also, in order to reduce human damage as much as possible, it seems that an armed type of UAV UAV has been introduced.

About maps

In this map, most of the operation areas are urban areas. Although vehicles are easy to pass on arterial roads, militia are hiding everywhere, and it is always necessary to pay attention to the four sides of the unit. Let's reaffirm that it is a completely different city battle from other maps.
The fleet is anchored offshore, but there is a fortified relay base on the coast. The British Harrier can also be replenished at this base, so we want to use it for repeated attacks.
The citizens of Mogadishu panicked at the start of the battle, and started moving without regard to the intentions of their allies. It should be noted that this may be an obstacle to the operation.