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Congo Unravelled
The political and military struggles of post-independence Congo Post-independence events in the Republic of the Congo are a veritable Gordian knot. The ambitions of Congolese political leaders Cold War rivalry Pan-Africanism Belgium's continued economic interests in the country's mineral wealth and the strategic perceptions of other southern African states all conspired to wrack Africa's second largest country with uprisings rebellions and military interventions for almost a decade. Congo Unravelled solves the intractable complexity of this violent period by dispassionately outlining the sequence of political and military events that took place in the troubled country. The reader is systematically taken through the first military attempts to stabilise the country after independence and the
two distinguishing military campaigns of the decade; the United Nations military operations to end the secession of the Katanga Province and the Dragon Operations led by Belgian paratroopers supported by the US Air Force launched to end the insurgency in the east of the country. Finally the mercenary revolt an event that tainted the reputation of the modern mercenary in Africa is described. Lesser known military events such as the Irish UN forces cut off from the outside world by Katangese gendarmes and mercenaries and a combined military operation in which Belgian paratroopers were dropped from US Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft and supported by a mercenary ground force to achieve humanitarian ends go far toward resolving the enigma surrounding post-independence Congo.
two distinguishing military campaigns of the decade; the United Nations military operations to end the secession of the Katanga Province and the Dragon Operations led by Belgian paratroopers supported by the US Air Force launched to end the insurgency in the east of the country. Finally the mercenary revolt an event that tainted the reputation of the modern mercenary in Africa is described. Lesser known military events such as the Irish UN forces cut off from the outside world by Katangese gendarmes and mercenaries and a combined military operation in which Belgian paratroopers were dropped from US Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft and supported by a mercenary ground force to achieve humanitarian ends go far toward resolving the enigma surrounding post-independence Congo.
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