Heart of Darkness
Coup leader and French mercenary Bob Denard (right), leading his Comorian counterpart Combo. In the early 1960s the former Belgian Congo came apart at the seams. UN-backed Congolese troops battled the forces of the breakaway region of Katanga, which in turn was supported by hundreds of foreign mercenaries. Among the pro-Katanga fighters was a tall, […]
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