Idi Amin supported Adolf Hitler
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“Germany is the place where when Hitler was the prime minister and supreme commander, he burned over six million Jews. This is because Hitler and all German people knew that Israelis are not people who are working in the interest of the world and that is why they burned the Israelis alive with gas in the soil of Germany.”
Idi Amin Dada
(/ˈiːdi ɑːˈmiːn/; c. 1925 – 16 August 2003) was the
third President of Uganda, ruling from 1971 to 1979. Amin joined the British
colonial regiment, the King's African Rifles in 1946, serving in Kenya and
Uganda. Eventually, Amin held the rank of major general in the post-colonial
Ugandan Army and became its commander before seizing power in the military coup
of January 1971, deposing Milton Obote. He later promoted himself to field
marshal while he was the head of state.
Amin's
rule was characterized by human rights abuses, political repression, ethnic
persecution, extrajudicial killings, nepotism, corruption, and gross economic
mismanagement. The number of people killed as a result of his regime is
estimated by international observers and human rights groups to range from
100,000 to 500,000.
During
his years in power, Amin shifted in allegiance from being a pro-Western ruler
enjoying considerable Israeli support to being backed by Libya's Muammar
Gaddafi, the Soviet Union, and East Germany. In 1975, Amin became the chairman
of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), a Pan-Africanist group designed to
promote solidarity of the African states. During the 1977–1979 period, Uganda
was a member of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. In 1977, when
Britain broke diplomatic relations with Uganda, Amin declared he had defeated
the British and added "CBE", for "Conqueror of the British
Empire", to his title. Radio Uganda then announced his entire title:
"his Excellency President for Life, Field Marshal Alhaji Dr. Idi Amin
Dada, VC, DSO, MC, CBE".
Dissent
within Uganda and Amin's attempt to annex the Kagera province of Tanzania in
1978 led to the Uganda–Tanzania War and the demise of his eight-year regime,
leading Amin to flee into exile to Libya and Saudi Arabia, where he lived until
his death on 16 August 2003.
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