Battle of Kismayo (2012)

Battle of Kismayo
	Part of the War in Somalia
	; Overview of Kismayo
Date	28 September – 1 October 2012; (3 days)
Location	Kismayo, Somalia
Result	Kenyan-Somali victory Al-Shabab withdraws from Kismayo on 29 September; SNA, AMISOM and Raskamboni forces capture city on 1 October;
Belligerents
Al-Shabaab	Somali National Army; AMISOM; Kenya Defence Forces; Raskamboni movement Alleged: ; United States
Commanders and leaders
Sheikh Mohamed Abu-Fatma	Ismail Sahardiid; AMISOM; Brigadier General Anthony Ngere; Lt. Col. Hassan;
Casualties and losses
	118 dead, 60 injured
	1 killed; 3 wounded civilians

The Battle of Kismayo was an offensive led by the Kenya Defence Forces, under the codename Operation Sledge Hammer, to seize the port city of Kismayo, Somalia, from Al-Shabaab from 28 September 2012.^[6]^[7] Fighting alongside the Kenya Army were Raskamboni movement militia and the Somali Army.^[8]

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^ "La prise de Kysmaayo par les armées kényanes et somaliennes" (PDF). African Union Mission in Somalia. October 2012. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
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^ Jonah Mwangi; Esther Wanjiku; Muthusi Kimwele, eds. (2019). The Soldier's Legacy: The Kenya Army at 55: A Steadfast Shield from 1963 into Posterity. Woodlands Road, Nairobi: Kenya Army. ISBN 978-9966-804-32-7.
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[7] Jonah Mwangi; Esther Wanjiku; Muthusi Kimwele, eds. (2019). The Soldier's Legacy: The Kenya Army at 55: A Steadfast Shield from 1963 into Posterity. Woodlands Road, Nairobi: Kenya Army. ISBN 978-9966-804-32-7.

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