Operations Leopard and Red Bean Kolwezi 1978 French and Belgian Intervention in Zaire

摘要

This book provides a history of the roots of the FNLC (Front for the National Liberation of the Congo) in Angola and Zaire, the political situation under the Mobutu regime, FNLC incursions across the border into Zaire and ensuing hostage taking in the 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 the practical