Thomas Michael "Mad Mike" Hoare (17 March 1919 – 2 February 2020) was a British-Irish military officer and mercenary who fought during the Simba rebellion...
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of possible employment as mercenaries. An ex-British military officer, Mike Hoare, had known Tshombe and had served as one of his officers in 1961, and...
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directed Mancham's representative to Mike Hoare and a South African government front company called Longreach. "Mad" Mike Hoare had served as a mercenary during...
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together with Mike Hoare, the military advisor for the film The Wild Geese (1978). In November 1981 Moneta was second-in-command to Mike Hoare when the latter...
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named after the Wild Goose flag and shoulder patch used by Michael "Mad Mike" Hoare's Five Commando, ANC, which in turn was inspired by the Flight of the...
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politician Louisa Gurney Hoare (1784–1836), English diarist and writer Mad Mike Hoare (1919–2020), Irish mercenary leader Marko Attila Hoare (born 1972), British...
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Italian-born South African mercenary who served under Mike Hoare in the Congo. He was second-in-command to Hoare during the failed 1981 coup at Mahe Airport in...
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character who later was transformed by George Lucas into Indiana Jones. Mike Hoare was a British career soldier who served with distinction in the London...
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ex-gendarmes and mercenaries to bolster the ANC. These troops were led by Mike Hoare and organized as units termed "Commandos", relying on speed and firepower...
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Limbani were largely based on Tshombe and his military ally Maj. "Mad Mike" Hoare. Tshombe has been played twice by the French actor Pascal N'Zonzi, first...
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President René, some of which were supported by South Africa. In 1981, Mike Hoare led a team of 43 South African mercenaries masquerading as holidaying...
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assisting the United Nations and other peacekeepers. In 1960 and 1961, Mike Hoare worked as a mercenary commanding the English-speaking unit "4 Commando...
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October 2022). "Knight of the Elephant – The Wild Story of Colonel "Mad Mike" Hoare and the Congo Crisis". Small Arms Review. Henderson, Nevada. Archived...
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(1913–1998), British Army lieutenant-colonel Mad Mike Hoare (1919–2020), British mercenary leader Mike Hughes (daredevil) (c. 1955–2020), American stuntman...
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fictional character is a light homage to Congo mercenary leader "Mad" Mike Hoare, who led the Congolese 5 Commando during the actual Simba rebellion and...
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coup attempt sponsored by South Africa. Notorious British Colonel "Mad Mike" Hoare and a team of 43 mercenaries posed as members of the "Ancient Order of...
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their original units, others joined the new Zambian Army, some joined Mike Hoare in the Congo, and many others returned to civilian life.: 163 The new...
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campaigner and Little Rivonia Trialist. Looksmart Ngudle – political activist. Mike Hoare - mercenary charged with hijacking an Air India jet in an attempt at a...
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Sir Charles Antony Richard Hoare (/hɔːr/; born 11 January 1934), also known as C. A. R. Hoare, is a British computer scientist who has made foundational...
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a gun battle at Seychelles International Airport, as British national Mike Hoare led a team of 43 South African mercenaries masquerading as holidaying...
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Force as well as serving as a mercenary in Mad Mike Hoare's outfit (the film the Wild Geese is based on Hoare's exploits). As an actor in the action genre...
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against René by a group of 44 white mercenaries led by Colonel "Mad" Mike Hoare. Other coups were also planned by elements in René’s regime, among Seychellois...
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Armée Nationale Congolaise, ANC) was aided by mercenary troops led by Mike Hoare and supported by anti-Castro Cuban pilots and the CIA. These forces thwarted...
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initially created by Frédéric Vandewalle and later commanded by Lt. Col. Mike Hoare. 4 Commando involvement in the Congo was limited and short-lived. The...
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ex-gendarmes and mercenaries to bolster the ANC. These troops were led by Mike Hoare and organized as units termed "Commandos", relying on speed and firepower...
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ex-gendarmes and mercenaries to bolster the ANC. These troops were led by Mike Hoare and organized as units termed "Commandos", relying on speed and firepower...
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expectation for an attack by ANC infantry and the motorized Gendarmes. Mike Hoare, a white mercenary commander, led three boats of mercenaries around the...
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the Katangese secession to oppose the Simba. Mercenaries, led by "Mad Mike" Hoare and mostly whites from central and southern Africa, were formed into...
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– 1981 Seychelles coup d'état attempt: A group of mercenaries led by Mike Hoare take over Mahe airport. Most of them escape by a commandeered Air India...
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destroyed the continuity of the story. Tullio Moneta was second-in-command to Mike Hoare when the latter led the 1981 Seychelles coup d'état attempt at Mahe Airport...
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