"Operations 'Leopard' and 'Red Bean' - Kolwezi 1978": French and Belgian Intervention in Zaire

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Typ okładki:miękka okładka

EAN: 9781912390595

Opis

This history traces the FNLC’s roots, conflicts, and daring interventions shaping Zaire’s security.

This book provides a history of the roots of FNLC (Front for the National Liberation of the Congo: ex-Katanga Gendarmerie) in Angola and Zaire, political situation under Mobutu regime, FNLC incursions into Zaire border since 1977 (“Shaba Wars I and II”) and subsequent hostage taking in mining town of Kolwezi. The author describes the subsequent French Foreign Legion and Belgian Para Commando airborne operation and freeing of the hostages, together with practical destruction of the FNLC as fighting force.

Szczegóły

Liczba stron: 80

Wymiary: 29.6x21.0

Typ okładki:miękka okładka

Wydawca: Helion & Company

Autor:

Daniel Kowalczuk

Seria: Africa@War

Tytuł:"Operations 'Leopard' and 'Red Bean' - Kolwezi 1978": French and Belgian Intervention in Zaire

Kategorie:

Książki obcojęzyczne / angielskie / History and Archeology

EAN: 9781912390595