Battle of Kolwezi - Wikipedia
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The Battle of Kolwezi was an airborne operation by French and Belgian airborne forces that took place in May 1978 in Zaire during the Shaba II invasion of Zaire by the Front for the National Liberation of the Congo (FNLC). It aimed at rescuing European and Zairian hostages held by FNLC rebels ... President Mobutu requested foreign assistance from Belgium, France and ...
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May 26, 1978 - French Foreign Legion paratroops begin withdrawal; French troops have ... President Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire said here today that he had ...Zaire: An African Horror Story - The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1993/08/zaire-an-african.../305496/
Mobutu's Western backers—the United States, France, and Belgium—had let him know that ... Nguza was Mobutu's Foreign Minister in the early 1970s. .... and yachts throughout Europe are legion, as are wide-eyed descriptions of his home at ...Prominent African Leaders Since Independence
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secession was successfully crushed, Zaire (then called the Republic of the Congo) ... Foreign Parachute Regiment of the French Foreign Legion, to help Mobutu.Battle of Kolwezi | French Foreign Legion Information
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May 18, 2016 - The government of Zaire asked Belgium, France, Morocco and the United .... which became the French hero at that time, speaking with Mobutu ...[PDF]Shaba II: The French and Belgian Intervention in Zaire in 1978
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The French responded by sending the Foreign Legion into Shaba to restore order in .... Mobutu had been a fixture in Congolese politics since the early days of ...Zaire Involvement in Angola - GlobalSecurity.org
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Jun 22, 2015 - Despite the deficiencies of the FAZ, during the early 1970s Mobutu was ... Not until May 19, after paratroops from the French Foreign Legion ...
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