
Intambara ya Bunker Hill yabaye mu ntangiriro z’Intambara yo Kwibohora kwa Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika ku ngoma y’u Bwongereza (American Revolutionary War), ubwo abaturage b’Abanyamerika bazwi nka “Patriots” barwanaga bashaka kwigenga.
Mu ijoro ryo ku ya 16 Kamena 1775, ingabo z’Abanya-Amerika zari ziyobowe na Colonel William Prescott zagiye kubaka ibirindiro ku misozi ya Breed’s Hill hafi ya Bunker Hill mu mujyi wa Charlestown, Boston. Ibi byakozwe mu rwego rwo kurinda ko ingabo z’Abongereza zari ziyobowe na General William Howe zagira aho zituruka ngo zigabe ibitero bikomeye ku barwanira ubwigenge.

Ku ya 17 Kamena 1775, ingabo z’Abongereza zagabye ibitero bikomeye ku barwanyi bo kuri uwo musozi. Nubwo Abanyamerika bari bake kandi bafite amasasu make, barwanye urugamba rukomeye bashyizeho umutima wose. Bamwe mu bayobozi b’Abanyamerika barimo Dr. Joseph Warren, wari umwe mu bayobozi b’ingenzi b’Intambara yo Kwibohora, baguye muri urwo rugamba.
Nubwo Abongereza barushije Abanyamerika ku bwinshi n’intwaro, bapfushije abasirikare barenga 1,000, harimo n’abayobozi b’ingabo. Abanyamerika bapfushije abagera kuri 450.N’ubwo batsinzwe ku rugamba, Abanyamerika babonye ko bashobora kurwana intambara ikomeye n’Ubwongereza, bituma barushaho kugira icyizere.Iyi ntambara yafashije guhuza imbaraga z’intara 13 zari zishyize hamwe kugira ngo zishake ubwigenge.

Intambara ya Bunker Hill ntiyari intsinzi y’Abanyamerika mu buryo bw’amategeko, ariko yabaye intsinzi y’umutima. Yabaye ikimenyetso cy’uko Abanyamerika bari biteguye gupfira igihugu no kwigenga. Ni imwe mu ntambara zatumye ubuyobozi bw’Abongereza butangira kubona ko iyi ntambara ishobora kuba ndende kandi igoye.