Shaba II was a brief conflict fought in the Zairean province of Shaba (now Katanga) in 1978. The conflict broke out on 11 May 1978 after 6,500 rebels from the Congolese National Liberation Front (FNLC), a Katangese separatist militia, crossed the border from Angola into Zaire in an attempt to achieve the province's secession from the Zairian regime of Mobutu Sese Seko. The FNLC captured the important mining town of Kolwezi.[2]
^ abcdefgMinistère de la Défense. ""OPÉRATION LÉOPARD" Une intervention humanitaire Kolwezi 17 mai-16 juin 1978" (PDF). Collection « Mémoire et Citoyenneté » n° 37. Defense.gouv.fr. p. 8. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
^Widstrand, Carl Gösta, Timothy M. Shaw, and Douglas George Anglin. Canada, Scandinavia, and Southern Africa, 1978. Page 130.
ShabaII was a brief conflict fought in the Zairean province of Shaba (now Katanga) in 1978. The conflict broke out on 11 May 1978 after 6,500 rebels...
Shaba I was a conflict in Zaire's Shaba (Katanga) Province lasting from 8 March to 26 May 1977. The conflict began when the Front for the National Liberation...
(renamed Shaba) in Zaire in 1977 and 1978. These incursions, which threatened Mobutu's regime, sparked two international wars, Shaba I and ShabaII, further...
country and repulsed the rebels, ending Shaba I. The rebels attacked Zaire again, in greater numbers, in the ShabaII invasion of 1978. The governments of...
Belgian airborne forces that took place in May 1978 in Zaire during the ShabaII invasion of Zaire by the Front for the National Liberation of the Congo...
rebels based in Angola launched two invasions, Shaba I and ShabaII, into the Katanga Province (renamed "Shaba" in 1972). The rebels were driven out with...
1970s. He fought in the Shaba I conflict, and came to prominence during the ShabaII war. He distinguished himself during the Shaba wars through his discipline...
continued as ongoing insurgency Batwa–Luba clashes (2013–2018) Shaba invasions (Shaba I 1977, ShabaII 1978) Lord's Resistance Army insurgency (1987–present)...
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investment. Belgium also contributed paratroopers to Mobutu's defense during ShabaII in 1978. One of Mobutu's main complaints was that dissidents, students...
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REP) of the French Foreign Legion used FR F1 rifles when deployed to the Shaba province in southern Zaire in May 1978. The FR F1 rifle was also used by...
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(1975–1990) Western Sahara War (1975–1991) Angolan Civil War (1975–2002) ShabaII (1978) Salvadoran Civil War (1979–1992) Iran-Iraq War (1980–1988) Falklands...
World War II July 5, 1960 – November 25, 1965 Congo Crisis 1964 Simba Rebellion 1960–ongoing Katanga insurgency March 8, 1977 – May 26, 1977 Shaba I May 11...
intervened decisively in the 1977 conflict known as Shaba I to save Zaire's regime. After ShabaII, Morocco was part of the Inter-African Force deployed...
critical battles on the Western Front. It played a smaller role in World War II than in World War I, though having a part in the Norwegian, Syrian and North...
(1977–1992), the South African Border War (1966–1989), and the Shaba I (1977) and ShabaII (1978) conflicts. The conflict was seen by the nationalist groups...
Internal conflict in Colombia Internal conflict in Peru Angolan Civil War ShabaII Rhodesian Bush War 1980s Salvadoran Civil War Falklands War Sri Lankan...
attempts retake Katanga in 1977 and 1978 known as Shaba I and ShabaII, invading from their bases in Angola. Shaba I was initially quite successful, and the FLNC...
War Sino-Soviet border conflict Ethiopian Civil War Lebanese Civil War ShabaII Sino-Vietnamese War Soviet–Afghan War Tuareg rebellion (1990–1995) Yugoslav...
intervention Operation Dragon Rouge and Operation Dragon Noire in 1964 1978 1978 ShabaII Zaire France United States Front for the National Liberation of the...
Shaba National Reserve is a protected area in Isiolo County in northern Kenya to the east of the Samburu and Buffalo Springs national reserves. Together...
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