Operations ‘Leopard’ and ‘Red Bean’ - Kolwezi 1978

Operations ‘Leopard’ and ‘Red Bean’ - Kolwezi 1978

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Operations ‘Leopard’ and ‘Red Bean’ - Kolwezi 1978

French and Belgian intervention in Zaire




Author:Daniel Kowalczuk
Language:English
Format:Softcover
Dimensions:8.25" x 11.75"
Pages:80
Photos:15 color profiles, 3 color photos, 2 color maps, 3 color ills, 105 b/w photos, 4 b/w maps, 8 tables
Publisher:Helion and Company
ISBN:9781912390595
Item No. 9781912390595



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.