campaign, Cold War
Operation Mushroom
Operation Mushroom was a campaign fought in 1953 at Kenya; it lasted about 3 years. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Kenya. It was part of the Mau Mau rebellion, which ran from 1952 to 1960. The recorded result: British victory.
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Where it sits in the Mau Mau rebellion
Record
| Date | 1953 (year precision) to 1956 | |
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| Place | Kenya 0.100N, 38.000E | |
| Kind | Campaign, Cold War | |
| Casualties and losses | None from enemy action | 900+ killed; unknown number wounded |
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Nearest engagements
- Battle of Kahe 1916, 264 km S
- Battle of Kilimanjaro 1914, 360 km S
- Battle of Salaita Hill 1916, 391 km S
- Battle of Latema Nek 1916, 392 km S
- Battle of Shela 1812, 419 km SE
In the same war
- Before: Operation Jock Scott 1952
- After: Christmas Eve Battle 1953
- All 3 engagements of Mau Mau rebellion
Elsewhere in 1953
- Attack on the Moncada Barracks Cuba
- Battle of Pork Chop Hill South Korea
- Dongshan Island Campaign China
- Battle of Kumsong North Korea
- Operation Castor Vietnam
Operation Mushroom is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 11 in present-day Kenya.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q16919347, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Operation Mushroom, revision 1370693914, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.