List of wars involving Botswana

This is a list of wars involving Botswana.

The military in modern Botswana

Since its independence in 1966, Botswana has only maintained a limited military, in the form of the Botswana Defence Force. Upon gaining independence, Botswana relied on police in a lieu of a military, with a single paramilitary group in the form of the Police Mobile Unit.[1]: 85 

The BDF was formed in 1977 in response to border incursions from Rhodesia and further shaped by incursions from apartheid South Africa in the 1980s. As a defensive force, the BDF has engaged in limited external military actions, focused on international peacekeeping, and limiting Botswanan involvement in wars.[1][2][3]

List

Conflict Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Battle of Dimawe[4]
(1852) 		Various Botswana (Bakwena, Batlokwa, Balete, Batswapong, and Bahurutshe) tribal warriors Voortrekkers Victory
World War II
(1939-1945) 		Allied Powers Axis Powers Victory
Operation Restore Hope[6]
(1992-1993)
Two members of the Botswana Defense Force in Mogadishu, Somalia, January 1993.
 UNITAF United Somali Congress UN success
Operation Boleas[7][8]
(1998–1999) 		SADC Lesotho opposition
  • Pro-opposition faction of the LDF
 Victory
Insurgency in Cabo Delgado[9]
(2021–present) 		Mozambique
Rwanda
SAMIM 		Ansar al-Sunna
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant 		Ongoing

References

  1. ^ a b Henk, Dan (January 2004). "The Botswana Defence Force". African Security Review. 13 (4): 85–99. doi:10.1080/10246029.2004.9627322. ISSN 1024-6029. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  2. ^ Sebudubudu, David (26 May 2021). "Botswana: The Evolution and Influence of the Military in Politics". Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.1919. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  3. ^ Mocheregwa, Bafumiki (11 January 2021). Thebe ya Sechaba: A History of the Botswana Defence Force, c. 1977-2007. University of Calgary. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  4. ^ Legodimo, Chippa (22 June 2012). "How the Battle of Dimawe shaped Botswana". Arts & Culture. Mmegi. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  5. ^ Jackson, Ashley (1999). Botswana, 1939-1945. Clarendon Press. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-19-820764-1. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  6. ^ "United Nations Operation in Somalia II (UNOSOM II): Facts and Figures". UN Peacekeeping. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
  7. ^ Coleman, Katharina P. (19 April 2007). "5. Peace enforcement through sub-regional organisations: the Southern African Development Community and Operation Boleas in Lesotho". International Organisations and Peace Enforcement: The Politics of International Legitimacy. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511491290.005. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
  8. ^ Neethling, Theo. "OJPCR 2.2: Military Intervention in Lesotho". Tabula Rasa Institute. Retrieved 25 November 2025.
  9. ^ "Botswana Sends Nearly 300 Troops to Mozambique". Voice of America. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2025.
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