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    Thomas Michael "Mad Mike" Hoare (17 March 1919 – 2 February 2020) was an Irish military officer and mercenary who fought during the Simba rebellion and...
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    of possible employment as mercenaries. An ex-British military officer, Mike Hoare, had known Tshombe and had served as one of his officers in 1961, and...
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    directed Mancham's representative to Mike Hoare and a South African government front company called Longreach. "Mad" Mike Hoare had served as a mercenary during...
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  • together with Mike Hoare, the military advisor for the film The Wild Geese (1978). In November 1981 Moneta was second-in-command to Mike Hoare when the latter...
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  • named after the Wild Goose flag and shoulder patch used by Michael "Mad Mike" Hoare's Five Commando, ANC, which in turn was inspired by a 20th-century Irish...
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  • Mike Hoare (1919–2020), Irish mercenary leader Marko Attila Hoare (born 1972), British historian Mary Hoare (1744–1820), English artist Peter Hoare (disambiguation)...
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  • Italian-born South African mercenary who served under Mike Hoare in the Congo. He was second-in-command to Hoare during the failed 1981 coup at Mahe Airport in...
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    character who later was transformed by George Lucas into Indiana Jones. Mike Hoare was a British career soldier who served with distinction in the London...
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    President René, some of which were supported by South Africa. In 1981, Mike Hoare led a team of 43 South African mercenaries masquerading as holidaying...
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    Limbani were largely based on Tshombe and his military ally Maj. "Mad Mike" Hoare. Tshombe has been played twice by the French actor Pascal N'Zonzi, first...
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