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Operation Dragon Rouge (French: Opération Dragon Rouge, IPA: [ɔpeɾasjõ dɾagõ ɾuʒə], meaning "Operation Red Dragon") was a hostage rescue operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo conducted jointly by Belgium and the United States in 1964.
The Battle of Kolwezi was an airborne operation by French and Belgian airborne forces that took place in May 1978 in Zaire during the Shaba II invasion of Zaire by the Front for the National Liberation of the Congo (FLNC). It aimed at rescuing European and Zairean hostages held by FLNC rebels after they conquered the city of Kolwezi. The ...
29 gru 2012 · The Belgian paracommando lying prone near Victoria Hotel in Congo during Operation Dragon Rouge. Next stop was Victoria Hotel, where paratroopers prevented Simbas from killing most of the 60 hostages and evacuated them via the airfield.
19 maj 2021 · Later that day, the Belgian 3rd Parachute Battalion landed in Kolwezi as well to join the rescue operation. Over 2,000 Europeans would be evacuated between May 21 and 22 and spread temporarily across other towns and cities in Zaire.
19 maj 1978 · WASHINGTON, May 18—Belgian and French troops were flown to Zaire today in an American‐supported operation to rescue more than 2,500 foreigners, mostly Europeans, trapped by fighting in the...
6 kwi 2010 · July–August: When the mercenaries commanded by the Belgian Jean Schramme rebel in their turn in Stanleyville – they fear suffering the same fate as the diabos of the Baka regiment a few months earlier – and seize several towns in the east of the Congo before withdrawing to Rwanda, Belgium is attacked for the role it played in the ...
23 maj 1978 · KOLWEZI, Zaire, May 22—Belgian paratroopers flew out of this battered copper‐mining town today, leaving under the control of French Foreign Legionnaires and Zairian Government troops. By Reuters.
