Robert Denard (born Gilbert Bourgeaud; 7 April 1929 – 13 October 2007) was a French mercenary. He served as the de facto military leader of the Comoros...

Mister Bob is a 2011 French drama film directed and co-scripted by Thomas Vincent. The film follows the exploits of the French mercenary Bob Denard in the...

mercenary Bob Denard. Denard's fourth Comorian coup, which he called Operation Kaskari, occurred in the early hours of 28 September 1995. Denard and 33 hand-picked...

L'ancien mercenaire Bob Denard est mort Archived 4 January 2017 at the Wayback Machine, Le Figaro, 14 October 2007. (in French) Bob Denard, chien de guerre...

Mohamed Jaffar, whose adherents were barely armed, hired French mercenary Bob Denard to overthrow Ahmed Abdallah. Soilih officially became President of the...

Bob Denard. 13 May 1978: President Ali Soilih was overthrown by Ahmed Abdallah and Bob Denard, resulting in his killing thirteen days later; Denard became...

Paris, France) was the nominal leader of the coup staged by mercenary Bob Denard on 13 May 1978. After Said Atthoumani had served as "Chairman of the Politico-Military...

Denard Xavier Robinson (born September 22, 1990) is an American former professional football player and a former staff member for the Jacksonville Jaguars...

French policies in Africa. Furthermore, at his trial in 2006, mercenary Bob Denard, who was tried for his 1995 coup d'état in the Comoros, alleged that Foccart...

him. Although Denard was also injured, it is suspected that Abdallah's killer was a soldier under his command. A few days later, Bob Denard was evacuated...

be over. Faulques continued his mercenary career, alongside his friend Bob Denard, first being deployed in North Yemen from August 1963 to the end of 1964...

Comoros, Ali Soilih M'Tshashiwa, on May 13, 1978. Led by French mercenary Bob Denard and Comorian politician Said Attoumani, the coup was financed by former...

rights in Israel, Palestinian National Authority and the Middle East Bob Denard – French mercenary. Jeffrey Mark Deskovic – served 15-year wrongful imprisonment...

Bob Denard overthrew Ahmed Abdallah. May 23, 1978: Ahmed Abdallah and Bob Denard overthrew Ali Soilih. November 26, 1989: Said Mohamed Djohar and Bob...

French Southern and Antarctic Lands. In October 1995, one week after Bob Denard overthrew the government of the Comoros in late September, French commandos...

However, the regime faced problems. A French mercenary by the name of Bob Denard, arrived in the Comoros at dawn on 13 May 1978, and removed Soilih from...

killed and Ahmed Abdallah came to power. Under the reign of Abdallah, Bob Denard was commander of the Presidential Guard (PG) and de facto ruler of the...

fatalities, it was disbanded in May 1978. Forces led by one of its members, Bob Denard, later that month executed a coup d'état in the Comoros with French, Rhodesian...

Comoros. Soilih, whose adherents were barely armed, hired French mercenary Bob Denard to overthrow Ahmed Abdallah. He officially became President of the revolutionary...

mercenaries contracted by a group of exiled Beninese political rivals. Bob Denard was the leader of the mercenary group and although Jacques Foccart denied...

1977, an attempted coup, called Operation Shrimp, led by the mercenary Bob Denard and supported by France, Gabon, and Morocco failed and it helped to harden...

Kasa-Vubu, who later dismissed him from his position. During this period, Bob Denard commanded the French-speaking "6 Commando." "Black Jack" Schramme commanded...

1977  People's Republic of Benin 1977 Benin coup attempt Mathieu Kérékou Bob Denard Coup failure 10 July 1978  Mauritania 1978 Mauritanian coup d'état Moktar...

Belgian settler/mercenary named Jean Schramme with fellow mercenaries Bob Denard and Jerry Puren (all 3 had fought for Tshombe in Katanga and the Congo)...

easy way to extricate itself from that situation. The future mercenary Bob Denard was convicted in 1954 and sentenced to fourteen months in prison for an...

in a 1975 coup, and in 1978 the SDECE hired Bob Denard to stage a coup. On the night of 13 May 1978, Denard and 42 other mercenaries landed on Grande Comore...

Last Days of the Cathars, Durban: Partners in Publishing (2012 and 2019) Bob Denard Jean Schramme Simon Mann McFadden, Robert D. (3 February 2020). "'Mad...

channels, increasing awareness of GIGN's existence. Arrest of the mercenary Bob Denard and his group during a coup attempt in 1995 in Comoros (Operation Azalee)...

ANC, together with the mercenary commandos led by Jean Schramme and by Bob Denard, had committed to support the plan. Puren refused to take part in the...

Katangese minerals, sent to Tshombe the reinforcement of the mercenary Bob Denard and his men. It was supported by the networks of Jacques Foccart, the...