Operation Sharp Edge – U.S. Evacuation of Monrovia
In August 1990, as Liberia’s civil war intensified and violence consumed the capital, the United States launched Operation Sharp Edge — a military humanitarian mission to evacuate American and foreign civilians trapped in Monrovia. Marines from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit landed on Liberian shores under constant threat of crossfire between rival factions. Over the […]
St Peter’s Lutheran Church Massacre
On the night of 29 July 1990, approximately 600 unarmed civilians who had sought refuge at St Peter’s Lutheran Church in Monrovia were slaughtered by the Armed Forces of Liberia. This massacre stands as one of the worst single atrocities of the First Liberian Civil War.