The Katangese Gendarmerie (French: Gendarmerie Katangaise), officially the Katangese Armed Forces (French: Forces Armées Katangaises), was the paramilitary...
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outcome of any internal conflict." The mobilisation of a Katangese army, dubbed the Katangese Gendarmerie, troubled UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld, who...
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military and paramilitary formations under the auspices of the Katangese Gendarmerie. It was also intended to include a small air force established from...
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transitioning into mercenaries while they continued to head the Katangese gendarmerie. This made it more challenging to link them to the Belgian state...
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Operation Grandslam (section Katangese surrender)
Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) in Central Africa. The Katangese forces were decisively defeated and Katanga was forcibly reintegrated...
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The Katangese Tigers or the Tigres are Katangese fighters. The term originally referred to ex-members of the Katangese Gendarmerie who refused to surrender...
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Battle of Kabalo (section Katangese secession)
and the gendarmerie of the State of Katanga, a secessionist state rebelling against the Republic of the Congo in central Africa. The Katangese forces attacked...
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political party that was founded by rebels of Katangese origin and composed of ex-members of the Katangese Gendarmerie. It was active mainly in Angola and Zaire...
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end to Katangese resistance to UN policy by destruction of Gendarmerie and other anti-UN resistance". On 28 November 1961 members of the Katangese Gendarmerie...
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Katangese Gendarmerie during the Congo Crisis. The attack was part of Operation Unokat which aimed to break the roadblocks set up by the gendarmerie by...
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called the Katangese gendarmerie, but this was highly misleading as it was in fact an army. The majority of the officers training the gendarmerie were Belgian...
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Operation Grandslam, the soldiers of Katanga's official military, the Katangese Gendarmerie, were supposed to be disarmed or integrated into the Armée Nationale...
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should they attempt to end the Katangese secession through force. On 24 December 1962, UN troops and the Katangese Gendarmerie clashed near Élisabethville...
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the conflict and establish peace in the region. In response, the Katangese Gendarmerie took two senior UN officials hostage. They were later released,...
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some adventure. There is much distrust between the members of the Katangese Gendarmerie who have returned from exile with Tshombe and their former enemies...
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into civilian life, Denard returned to military service with the Katangese gendarmerie in 1961. Refusing to surrender when secessionist forces collapsed...
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to end the emerging Simba Rebellion. Tshombe recalled the exiled Katangese Gendarmerie and recruited white mercenaries, integrating them with the Armée...
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List of gendarmeries (redirect from List of Gendarmerie)
A gendarmerie or gendarmery is a military force with law enforcement duties among the civilian population. The term maréchaussée (lit. 'marshalcy') may...
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continued to be harassed by Gendarmerie, the political stalemate rapidly escalated into outright military tension. When the Katangese populace celebrated the...
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White mercenaries, and brought his exiled loyalist troops (the Katangese Gendarmerie) back into the country. The mercenary-led forces gradually arrived...
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Pierre Messmer, and left to provide support to the Belgian-backed Katangese Gendarmerie against the Republic of Congo-Leopoldville, joining hundreds of...
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Jordanian Armed Forces. Katanga: M38A1 MD version used by the Katangese Gendarmerie during the Congo Crisis. Kingdom of Laos: M38A1 MD version used...
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political advisors by force. The second operation was resisted by the Katangese gendarmerie and resulted in casualties on both sides. Peace negotiations ensued...
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separatist State of Katanga, whose military had consisted of the Katangese Gendarmerie and supportive mercenaries. After negotiations with the Simbas failed...
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mercenary Colonel Michael "Mad Mike" Hoare, becoming a Captain in the Katangese Gendarmerie during the suppression of the Simba Rebellion in the Congo, in conjunction...
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waged by the white mercenaries hired by Tshombe, together with the Katangese gendarmerie. The UN refugee camps were soon overcrowded with thousands of Kasai...
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Cyrille Adoula. In the 16 December attack on Camp Massart, the Katangese Gendarmerie stronghold was captured. Tshombe signed the 21 December Kitona Declaration...
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Lumumba Government (section The Katangese secession)
newly created Katangese Gendarmerie. The secession had the support of the UMHK, which assisted in the establishment of the new Katangese state—logistically...
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provided." As part of a second invasion by the former members of the Katangese Gendarmerie, known as Shaba II in May–June 1978, was only dispersed with the...
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deport mercenaries and foreign military personnel serving in the Katangese Gendarmerie. He returned to India with his brigade in April 1962. In the 2016...
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