The Siege at Jadotville: The Irish Army’s Forgotten Battle
I'd forgotten this 'small war' in the Congo, in October 1961, but a hitherto unknown website has the story how an Irish infantry company held off an attack for a week without any deaths. The attackers outnumbered them, had better weapons and more. The Irish had engineers, leaders and dug trenches.
There is a new Netflix's film being released, there is a short trailer and a twenty minute audio with a veteran who wrote the book.
Link:http://cdrsalamander.blogspot.co.uk/...#disqus_thread
One of the comments has several links to an official review and background to an ambush in 1960, such as this reminder:
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During the course of the mission from 1960 until 1964, over 6,000 Irish troops participated and 26 soldiers died
Link to Irish Army article pgs.9-23, on the bloody ambush, not the siege:http://www.military.ie/fileadmin/use...eview_2010.pdf
Today the UN is still in the Congo, now the DRC and current UN peacekeeping has a thread:http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...ead.php?t=8209
Irish hero of Siege of Jadotville finally honored
An update on Commandant Quinlan, the CO @ Jadotville:
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A brave army commander whose lightly armed force held out for six days in a siege made famous on film has finally been honored with a memorial in his home county, Kerry, 56 years after the battle. Former Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Enda Kenny, officiating at the memorial, said Quinlan was an extraordinary leader and a true hero to his men following a furious battle with Katangese forces in the Congo in September of 1961.
He said Ireland should be proud of its Defence Forces and their peace keeping work with the United Nations from their first mission in the Congo to the present day.
Link:https://www.irishcentral.com/news/ir...inally-honored
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