
Mercenaries and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Following the Democratic Republic of the Congo's independence in 1960, mercenaries from Europe, North America, and Southern Africa have been recruited to participate in various …
Mad Mike Hoare - Wikipedia
Hoare commanded two separate mercenary groups during the Congo Crisis. [10] Hoare's first mercenary action was in 1961 in Katanga, a province trying to rebel from the newly …
White Legion (Zaire) - Wikipedia
The White Legion was a mercenary unit during the First Congo War (1996–97) employed on the side of Zairean President Mobutu Sese Seko. This group of several hundred men, mostly from …
‘They Were a Brotherhood’: Working With Mercenaries in the Congo
2024年11月28日 · When one hears of atrocities in a mercenary action, almost always it is the opposing forces committing them. A prime example is the Congo following its independence in …
DR Congo's failed gamble on Romanian mercenaries - BBC
2025年1月31日 · It has been a humiliating week for nearly 300 Romanian mercenaries recruited to fight on the side of the army in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Their surrender following …
French and Belgians mercenaries in the Congo and in the Angolan civil war, revealing the recompositions of international relations in postcolonial Africa in the 1960s .
Mercenaries in the Congo and Biafra, 1960-1970: Africa’s …
2021年8月31日 · Europeans were attacked forcing thousands over the borders into Congo-Brazzaville, Angola or Northern Rhodesia. Operation Mangrove of July 1960 saw Belgian …
The Congo: Trouble for the Mercenaries; Help for the Rebels
Last week the mercenaries finally made it to Wamba, and what they found confirmed their worst fears. Though 121 whites were still alive, another 28 had been brutally massacred. Most of the …
THE CONGO: A CASE STUDY OF MERCENARY EMPLOYMENT by Colonel George H. Dodenhoff, U.S. Marine Corps School of Naval Warfare (This is an excerpt from a research …
Are white mercenaries fighting in the DRC conflict? - DW
2023年1月17日 · Western diplomats are deeply worried about the sudden appearance of Eastern European mercenaries in the volatile eastern Congo. Despite denials by Kinshasa, rumors …