Operation Anvil (Mau Mau Uprising)

Operation Anvil
Part of Mau Mau Uprising
Date 24 April - May 1954 Location Kenya Result British Victory 20,000 Mau Mau suspects taken to Langata Camp and 30,000 taken to reserves
Belligerents
United Kingdom	Mau Mau
Strength
5,000 troops 1,000 police	30,000 suspects

British Victory

Operation Anvil was a British military operation during the Mau Mau Uprising where British toops attempted to remove Mau Mau from Nairobi and place them in Langata Camp or reserves. The operation began on 24 April 1954 and took two weeks, at the end of which 20,000 Mau Mau suspects had been taken to Langata, and 30,000 more had been deported to the reserves.

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