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...
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Kolwezi or Kolwesi is the capital city of Lualaba Province in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, west of Likasi. It has an airport and...
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Shaba II (category Civil wars in the Democratic Republic of the Congo)
province's secession from the Zairian regime of Mobutu Sese Seko. The FNLC captured the important mining town of Kolwezi. The Mobutist government appealed for...
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Philippe Erulin (category Commanders of the Legion of Honour)
the Battle of Kolwezi which resulted in the rescuing of hostages who were held hostage by the FLNC rebels. However, Erulin was later accused of having...
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Operation Leopard (redirect from La Legion saute sur Kolwezi)
script is based on the true story of the Battle of Kolwezi that happened in 1978. It was diligently described in a book of the same name by former 1st Foreign...
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Para-Commando Brigade (category Army units and formations of Belgium)
1978, where they evacuated about 2,000 expats and took part in the Battle of Kolwezi to liberate the city from rebels. They also evacuated European citizens...
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Republic after the French Foreign Legion intervention during the Battle of Kolwezi. Mbumba was expelled from the party in 1987. In 1990, Mobutu began...
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2nd Foreign Parachute Regiment (category Parachute infantry regiments of France)
Indochina, it fought in Algeria, and more recently in Kolwezi (Zaïre) during the Battle of Kolwezi in 1978. Having participated in all French exterior operations...
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Safari Club.[citation needed] The Battle of Kolwezi, fought in May 1978, resulted in an airborne operation in an aim of rescuing Zairian, Belgian and French...
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MAS-49 rifle (category Infantry weapons of the Cold War)
seeing combat in Algeria, Djibouti, Indochina, French Guiana, and the Battle of Kolwezi. An improved version called the MAS-49/56 was introduced in 1957 and...
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