What the records say
- When
- 18 May 1978 – 22 May 1978
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 10.72° S, 25.47° E
- Description
- 1978 battle of Kolwezi
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Battle of Kolwezi
1978 battle in Zaire during Shaba II
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.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “sauvetage de Kolwezi”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “десантники Французского Иностранного легиона под командованием полковника Филиппа Эрюлена выбивают повстанцев из города Колвези”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page