Operations Leopard & Red Bean Kolwezi 1978: Africa@War #32 SC

Operations Leopard & Red Bean Kolwezi 1978: Africa@War #32 SC

Operations Leopard and Red Bean Kolwezi 1978: French and Belgian intervention in Zaire: Helion Africa at War series #32 Africa@War #32 softcover,

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.

Published 2018, 80 pages, 105 black & white and 3 colour photographs, 15 colour profiles (12 aircraft, 3 armour), 2 colour and 4 B&W maps, softcover, A4 format, 8 1/4" x 11 3/4" inches,

The Helion at War series, which began publishing around 2010, covers wars from around the world broken down by region: Africa@War, Asia@War, Europe@War, LatinAmerica@War, and MiddleEast@War. Some titles cover both ground and aviation aspects of the respective conflict, and some cover a subject over several volumes, broken down by time period. Each title contains extensive photographic coverage, in black & white and colour, detailed maps, as well as colour profiles and illustrations of aircraft, vehicles, and in some cases uniforms and weapons.

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