Operation Deliverance was a Canadian military operation in Somalia that formed part of the United Nations peace-making deployment to that country during the early part of the Somali Civil War. The mission began on December 3, 1992, and involved about 1,400 Canadian troops, a helicopter unit and the supply ship .

While Canada's mission objectives were largely completed, including the freeing of a captured Canadian journalist and the defeat of the Somali warlord Mohamed 'Tiger' I. Barre,

See also

  • Canadian Airborne Regiment
  • Somali Civil War
  • Somalia Affair

References

  • http://www.forces.gc.ca/site/newsroom/view_news_e.asp?id=974
  • http://archives.cbc.ca/war_conflict/peacekeeping/topics/723/