Élisabethville and various localities in northern Katanga
Commanded by
Conor Cruise O'Brien
K.A.S. Raja
Objective
Arrest of European mercenaries employed by the State of Katanga
Date
28 August 1961 04:00 – 15:00
Executed by
ONUC[a]
Outcome
79 European mercenaries and officers of Katanga arrested
14 Katangese aircraft seized
Casualties
1 ONUC soldier wounded[b]
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Congo Crisis
Force Publique mutinies
Secession crisis
Katanga
South Kasai
Invasion
Congo-Stanleyville
UN intervention
Rum Punch
Niemba ambush
Battle of Kabalo
Jadotville
UNOKAT
Camp Massart
Grandslam
Kindu atrocity
Port Francqui incident
Kanyarwanda War
Kwilu rebellion
Simba rebellion
Dragon Rouge
Dragon Noir
White Giant
Violettes Imperiales
South
Other major events
Dissolution of the Lumumba Government
Torture and killing of Lumumba
Death of Dag Hammarskjöld
Operation Rum Punch or Operation Rampunch[4] was a military action undertaken by United Nations peacekeeping forces on 28 August 1961 against the military of the State of Katanga, a secessionist state from the Republic of the Congo in central Africa. UN troops arrested 79 foreign mercenaries and officers employed by Katanga with little conflict.
^Power 2016, Chapter 6: A Rum Affair.
^Othen 2015, 14: Rumpunch.
^O'Brien 1962, pp. 216–217.
^Harvey 2017, p. 19.
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