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| Concurrent: Operation Malice, Operation Mallot | |
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| Operation Gravity Hammer | |
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| Campaign: Operation Equality Struggle | |
| Date: June 12-July 1, 2155 | |
| Place: Uganda, Africa | |
| Outcome: IAF victory | |
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IAF |
Ugandan Defense Force |
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200 bombers |
700 targets |
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25 bombers |
all targets |
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Operation Gravity Hammer was the Indian theater of Operation Equality Struggle.
History[]
The Indians were given the unsound center of Uganda as their area of operations, which was the northern end of Kampala and up to Lake Kyoga, while the Americans got the south and the British got the north. The Indians bombed a variety of targets of high value to the Ugandan military. They attacked military bases, rocket installations, and enemy convoys, destroying valuable items in order to aid the rebels' war effort. The Indians suffered the worst casualties of all of the intervening powers, because they had the least aircraft and the Ugandans in the central sector had the most anti-aircraft weapons. The Indian Air Force sustained heavy losses, losing 25 of their heavy bombers and 200 of their fighter planes. They were forced to cut their operation short after taking out only a few AA guns. On August 16, the day that they were supposed to end combat operations, the British and US did.