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8216Imake no apologies for being a mercenary
soldier. Quite the reverse. I am proud to have
led 5 Commando. I am proud to have fought
shoulder to shoulder with the toughest and
bravest band of men it has ever been my honor
to command. I am proud that they stood when all
else
failed.8217In July 1964, four years after
gaining
independence from Belgium, the Democratic
Republic of the Congo came under threat from an
armed rebellion that spread rapidly through the
country. To suppress the rebels and bring the
unrest and bloodshed in the country under
control, Congolese officials enlisted the help of
mercenary leader Mike Hoare. Working alongside
military officials, Hoare assembled a band of
several hundred men that became known
as 82165Commando8217 In Congo Mercenary,
Hoare tells the story of the role that these men
played in the rebellion, describing in gripping
detail how this band of mercenaries were
recruited, trained, and how they swept through
the country. His team undertook four campaigns in
just 18 months during which they fought rebels,
liberated Stanleyville, freed European hostages
and brought order back to the Democratic Republic
of the Congo. Hoare8217sexperiences in
the Congo and his involvement in suppressing the
Simba rebellion were hugely significant from a
political and a military
standpoint. His influence, however, did not stop
there. This account of his time in the Congo was
first published in 1967 and had a huge cultural
impact, as well, contributing to
the glorification of the mercenary lifestyle in
magazines and pulp novels, and even inspiring the
1978 war film The Wild Geese starring Richard
Burton and Roger Moore.
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