The Katangese Gendarmerie (French: Gendarmerie Katangaise), officially the Katangese Armed Forces (French: Forces Armées Katangaises), was the paramilitary...

outcome of any internal conflict." The mobilisation of a Katangese army, dubbed the Katangese Gendarmerie, troubled UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld, who...

military and paramilitary formations under the auspices of the Katangese Gendarmerie. It was also intended to include a small air force established from...

transitioning into mercenaries while they continued to head the Katangese gendarmerie. This made it more challenging to link them to the Belgian state...

Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) in Central Africa. The Katangese forces were decisively defeated and Katanga was forcibly reintegrated...

The Katangese Tigers or the Tigres are Katangese fighters. The term originally referred to ex-members of the Katangese Gendarmerie who refused to surrender...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Operation Grandslam, the soldiers of Katanga's official military, the Katangese Gendarmerie, were supposed to be disarmed or integrated into the Armée Nationale...

should they attempt to end the Katangese secession through force. On 24 December 1962, UN troops and the Katangese Gendarmerie clashed near Élisabethville...

the conflict and establish peace in the region. In response, the Katangese Gendarmerie took two senior UN officials hostage. They were later released,...

some adventure. There is much distrust between the members of the Katangese Gendarmerie who have returned from exile with Tshombe and their former enemies...

into civilian life, Denard returned to military service with the Katangese gendarmerie in 1961. Refusing to surrender when secessionist forces collapsed...

to end the emerging Simba Rebellion. Tshombe recalled the exiled Katangese Gendarmerie and recruited white mercenaries, integrating them with the Armée...

A gendarmerie or gendarmery is a military force with law enforcement duties among the civilian population. The term maréchaussée (lit. 'marshalcy') may...

continued to be harassed by Gendarmerie, the political stalemate rapidly escalated into outright military tension. When the Katangese populace celebrated the...

White mercenaries, and brought his exiled loyalist troops (the Katangese Gendarmerie) back into the country. The mercenary-led forces gradually arrived...

Pierre Messmer, and left to provide support to the Belgian-backed Katangese Gendarmerie against the Republic of Congo-Leopoldville, joining hundreds of...

Jordanian Armed Forces.  Katanga: M38A1 MD version used by the Katangese Gendarmerie during the Congo Crisis. Kingdom of Laos: M38A1 MD version used...

political advisors by force. The second operation was resisted by the Katangese gendarmerie and resulted in casualties on both sides. Peace negotiations ensued...

separatist State of Katanga, whose military had consisted of the Katangese Gendarmerie and supportive mercenaries. After negotiations with the Simbas failed...

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...

waged by the white mercenaries hired by Tshombe, together with the Katangese gendarmerie. The UN refugee camps were soon overcrowded with thousands of Kasai...

Cyrille Adoula. In the 16 December attack on Camp Massart, the Katangese Gendarmerie stronghold was captured. Tshombe signed the 21 December Kitona Declaration...

newly created Katangese Gendarmerie. The secession had the support of the UMHK, which assisted in the establishment of the new Katangese state—logistically...

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...

deport mercenaries and foreign military personnel serving in the Katangese Gendarmerie. He returned to India with his brigade in April 1962. In the 2016...