Stanleyville place
also: Kisangani
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Claims (2)
Simba Rebellion carried_out_attack
Stanleyville book_quoted
“and produced the threat of a total breakdown of governmental authority, meaning their dictatorship was threatened. Zombie's prospects were put at no better than 50-50, and if he fell, there was no telling where it might end. Days later, Reb…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe For Democracy Part 28 (29) @ 29:13
Belgium carried_out_attack
Stanleyville book_quoted
“Late in November, Belgium paratroopers flew in by the U.S. Air Force, captured Stanleyville to free the hostages. The use of special forces had been considered but rejected. More than 2,000 foreign nationals were evacuated to Leopoldville. …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe For Democracy Part 28 (29) @ 31:47
Mentions (12)
▶ 47:20
The 1st of August 1961 found Gazinga as the vice prime minister under a guy by the name of Adula, A-D-O-U-L-A. By the end of the month, Gazinga was as well and simultaneously the leader of a rebel force that had been set up for a regime in …
▶ 26:02
Lumumba was incarcerated for a while, then freed by friendly UN peacekeeping soldiers. He made for Stanleyville in the Oriental province, where supporters had set up yet another separatist government. Surveillance reports from the CIA were …
▶ 32:25
There was a brief intervention by Belgian paratroopers flown in by the Air Force in 64 when Europeans in the area were held hostage for over three months. The use of American special forces was considered but rejected on this occasion, and …
▶ 29:13
and produced the threat of a total breakdown of governmental authority, meaning their dictatorship was threatened. Zombie's prospects were put at no better than 50-50, and if he fell, there was no telling where it might end. Days later, Reb…
▶ 31:17
Roldstein happily talked to Hoare and went on the mission. Varela CIA aircraft was crucial in breaking up ambushes and supporting the commandos. With the first B-29 combat mission on August 21st, as Hoare neared Stanleyville, it seemed he w…
▶ 31:47
Late in November, Belgium paratroopers flew in by the U.S. Air Force, captured Stanleyville to free the hostages. The use of special forces had been considered but rejected. More than 2,000 foreign nationals were evacuated to Leopoldville. …
▶ 32:41
that was in charge of murdering Patrice Lumumba and who returned to the Congo and eventually dies there. His grave is in the Congo. Okay, so you had Glenn Fields and Holmes in Stanleyville. They arrived in December and Holmes flew with a T-…
▶ 37:48
the U.S. quickly deployed a joint task force Congo with several C-130 aircraft and 150 men who flew Congolese troops to fight the mercenaries. Inept Congolese army efforts allowed the mercenaries to hold out for a few months, but the issue …
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Lumumba had broken free from house arrest in the capital, Leopoldville, on the evening of November 27, 1960. He was now making his way through a tropical downpour across the countryside to Stanleyville, which is where the forces loyal to th…
▶ 44:36
political rivals in the Congo and let them do the work for them. And so Lumumba fled house arrest or was allowed to escape, which is what most people believe, because somehow he miraculously skipped past UN troops that were guarding him. Bu…
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He told one group one night, 14 million Congolese want to work, a better future for their children. They want to be citizens with full political rights. They want a new life. That's a national security threat to the political elite. When Lu…
▶ 47:10
Lumumba's group reached the small village of Lodi on the west bank of the river. This wide, muddy stretch of the river was the last serious obstacle that lay between him and Stanleyville. The other side of the river was a bastion of pro-Lum…