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The Real Siege of Jadotville - A Congo Documentary
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The Siege of Jadotville was one of the largest battles of the UN deployment to Katanga, for five days 159 men from the Irish, Swedish and Norwegian contingents of the ONUC fought off some 600 - 1,000 Katangese Gendarmes and mercenary officers.
Despite the battles fame nowadays, there's no comprehensive documentaries covering the battle and as viewers of this channel well know, the film does more harm than good. So this is my attempt to shed some light on what went on there for those five days, primarily through the eyes of A Company, 35th Infantry Battalion.
Many thanks to Mag for providing the art for this video, she can be found at: x.com/freddyfrueger
Other links:
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Timestamps:
00:00 - GroundNews
1:26 - Intro
5:50 - Part One
17:11 - Part Two
30:13 - Part Three
55:54 - Part Four
1:18:49 - Conclusion
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Komentáře

  • @gregoryminor5823
    @gregoryminor5823 Před 6 hodinami

    Wonder how many of those guys have died with cancer

  • @robinlee1032
    @robinlee1032 Před 7 hodinami

    0:58 Killian Murphy jumpscare

  • @MrJOHNEBOB
    @MrJOHNEBOB Před 8 hodinami

    Trained with these guys Reforger '76 & '77. We refueled and fixed them at night then they kicked butt in the day. Great Allies. TRUMP SUCKS, he hates Veterans

  • @christopherallall3814
    @christopherallall3814 Před 9 hodinami

    He'll ya

  • @gimmethepinkelephant3685
    @gimmethepinkelephant3685 Před 9 hodinami

    I really would love to know that eye patch dude's story.

  • @thegamingduck7199
    @thegamingduck7199 Před 11 hodinami

    US is unfathomably based for this

  • @iiwidowla99lambo65
    @iiwidowla99lambo65 Před 14 hodinami

    Compared to Russia we successfully invaded this “graveyard of empires” with this stupid evacuation launched by an incompetent president , I have a feeling it won’t even be the last time the Star Spangled Banned will be in this Afghanistan.

  • @user-ci8le8qt7u
    @user-ci8le8qt7u Před 17 hodinami

    Good god war is just atrocious but with music its fire

  • @brothermohdhanif375
    @brothermohdhanif375 Před 18 hodinami

    I love this song. I can feel it in my heart

  • @leos4243
    @leos4243 Před 18 hodinami

    Christ bless those that keep the least of his brothers in their heart

  • @Douglas_macfucking_arthur

    Rickover also was like The biggest reason for the navy to Take the nuclear side

  • @OPFOR-SQUAD
    @OPFOR-SQUAD Před dnem

    More like; Just cus we can

  • @richardfoster6494
    @richardfoster6494 Před dnem

    If you have been there you know!

  • @johnmellos9946
    @johnmellos9946 Před dnem

    Greek American. In the 90's during Eurobasket I idolized Yugoslavia.

  • @gimmethepinkelephant3685

    People can day what they want. But Africa was better off under Colonial rule. That's why Rhodesia literally paid whites to come back.

  • @arturocavendish6859

    Kid named Lawyers, Kid named Guns, kid named Money:

  • @lhdl3870
    @lhdl3870 Před 2 dny

    I can hear "now You do what they told ya" and "now You do what they teach ya" dunno if its the lyrics but i like it

  • @Grenas61904
    @Grenas61904 Před 2 dny

    2:23 The Rhodesian version of Saul Goodman.

  • @Daniel-yr8yc
    @Daniel-yr8yc Před 2 dny

    Die doose het baklei teen unita , one bondgenote van cuito cunavale . So fok julle. As ek julle sien sal ek julle vrek maak. Julle is verraaiers .Julle het geen morals nie

  • @mikegwilliam2847
    @mikegwilliam2847 Před 2 dny

    Pointless, losses on noth sides! Like all wars, politicians and money!!!

  • @rolandhynd4908
    @rolandhynd4908 Před 2 dny

    Betrayed by a weak (would be called woke now) Britain. Lived through independence in Northern Rhodesia!

  • @commanderneyo
    @commanderneyo Před 2 dny

    So this film directly inspired my thesis that I wrote to graduate from college. I'd have to double back cause I think a half truth or two made it in there (mea culpa) but I do think this film has some value. Maybe not as a historical drama as it has extremely focused points of interest in the story, but it has value to bringing this era to light. Without it and a course I took in college, I would never have gotten the idea for my research (into a larger topic where Jadotville was but a footnote). I will also say that mining companies did have a role to play in this due to the planned nationalization of the mines but it also glosses over the very real tribal issues in the DRC that exist to this day. I think if this movie was a tv series instead of a movie, we could get a better idea of the complexities of everything and not simplify a bunch. It doesn't excuse some of the critiques, but I do think it would've helped with bringing more of the story to light (I see a bunch of the other contingent issues coming down to budget issues honestly). Overall I like the movie, its a good action film that gets people into history. I would prefer it to be way more accurate (as a historian should) but it is a good starting point for more material on the Independence Crisis and can get people interested in a topic that is seldom taught anywhere.

  • @user-ee2gw9vb9q
    @user-ee2gw9vb9q Před 2 dny

    Is this real footage?

  • @f804.de.ruyter
    @f804.de.ruyter Před 2 dny

    Soviet union did really boost humanity

  • @f804.de.ruyter
    @f804.de.ruyter Před 2 dny

    Right after that soyuz 1

  • @GB-mu9ue
    @GB-mu9ue Před 2 dny

    Russia really took the people of Donbas for a ride.

  • @woodscw50
    @woodscw50 Před 2 dny

    comment a Marine father ( our home of brothers one generation to familys we hold our familys Marines 54 years family Vietnam

  • @theman-uw6hu
    @theman-uw6hu Před 2 dny

    PERDIERON LA GUERRA POR LLEVAR NEGROS

  • @pierce4026
    @pierce4026 Před 3 dny

    I don’t understand why the title says “Congo” is this not a tourism video for Paris 2024?

  • @Captain-dt1bt
    @Captain-dt1bt Před 3 dny

    Always coming back to this video 😂

  • @Battlemage15
    @Battlemage15 Před 3 dny

    The day Man stepped into the realm of Myth and Legend.

  • @michaelkajnar4089
    @michaelkajnar4089 Před 3 dny

    Well, story of my grandmother is slightly different from the others. On 21st August, she was in Denmark on an organised trip. They had to stay in Copenhagen for a few more days and she was worried that they will not let them go back. She knew only very little about what actually happened, because she spoke only German (and Czech). Many people from their group stayed there, but she went back. They were almost smuggled back in buses to Czechoslovakia through West Germany, they couldn not leave the bus for many hours. When they finally returned back, she described how all the signs were overpainted or overwrited, soviet tanks were standing everywhere, people were protesting and soldiers were confused, because their generals told them that they are going to liberate us and the people will welcome them.

  • @DaibhidhBhoAlba
    @DaibhidhBhoAlba Před 3 dny

    Interesting video, but the seriously weird accent - Yankified Northern English - makes it almost unwatchable. And while you claim to have put lots of effort into research you clearly make no effort o lean how most of the names (both people and place) are pronounced, which is just plain ignorant. Salisbury - not pronounced correctly. Selous Scouts - not pronounced correctly. Many more than that. Who on earth was 'Kim Flowers'? You didn't even get the guy's name right, let alone pronounce it correctly.

  • @creditctrl
    @creditctrl Před 4 dny

    bros house after the groupchat gets leaked

  • @CMCSE
    @CMCSE Před 4 dny

    Cod Cold War in a nutshell...

  • @miguelmoncayo4716
    @miguelmoncayo4716 Před 4 dny

    What hapened in congo '64?

    • @_ian69
      @_ian69 Před 2 dny

      Decolonization of Africa. The documentary shown in this video is Africa Addio.

    • @miguelmoncayo4716
      @miguelmoncayo4716 Před 2 dny

      @@_ian69 simon, ya investigue y sucedio su independecia de Belgica

  • @fellowbalkaner09
    @fellowbalkaner09 Před 4 dny

    Poyekhali!!

  • @GertCorbeels-pm3vd
    @GertCorbeels-pm3vd Před 4 dny

    Agent Orange rules the world.

  • @PruittJohnny
    @PruittJohnny Před 4 dny

    Me

  • @nm2000
    @nm2000 Před 4 dny

    I watched the IMAX documentary „The Fires of Kuwait“, it‘s absolutely worth it!

  • @TillyOrifice
    @TillyOrifice Před 4 dny

    I'm only half way through but Quinlan looks to have been a very good officer.

  • @user-rd4jw8pm2t
    @user-rd4jw8pm2t Před 4 dny

    Fucking war

  • @guillermotux614
    @guillermotux614 Před 4 dny

    I love confessions of a police capitain, such a good movie, how does riz always work for good movies and good movies only?

  • @SandivaMr
    @SandivaMr Před 4 dny

    End of 90s and early 2000s is a dark time in indonesia

  • @generaljackripper666

    I remember that guy screaming 'Glory to God!' as he pulled the lanyard.

  • @vincentkeegan
    @vincentkeegan Před 4 dny

    Amen

  • @g.8503
    @g.8503 Před 5 dny

    As the son of a veteran of this war, I am personally not interested in whether the video or whoever reads this is British or Argentine; But today is June 14 and it is a very moving date for me. I am sorry that this war happened because of all that it entails, I am sorry that my father was wounded in combat, I am grateful to those doctors and staff who took care of him. I hope those lands never have to see another war again. Thanks for everything dad. Cómo hijo de veterano de esta guerra personalmente no me interesa si el vídeo o quien lea esto sea britanico o argentino; Pero hoy es 14 de junio y es una fecha muy conmovedora para mí. Lamento que esta guerra haya sucedido por todo lo que eso conlleva, lamento que mi padre haya sido herido en combate, agradezco a aquellos médicos y personal que cuidaron de él. Ojalá que nunca más esas tierras tengan que ver otra guerra. Gracias por todo papá.

  • @selimsoyak2483
    @selimsoyak2483 Před 5 dny

    cyprus half is turkish land

  • @user-rl5nt2bu9s
    @user-rl5nt2bu9s Před 5 dny

    Что они там делают ??

  • @PeterMartyrVermigli_is_cool

    And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. -Jeremiah 29:13 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. -John 3:16 Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out. -Acts 3:19 If you are in North America, please go check out any of the churches available to you: OPC, PCA, Rpcna, Urcna, or a Canrc church (These are conservative and actual Presbyterian/Reformed churches) If you can’t find one of the conservative presby churches then, maybe an Lcms Lutheran church. If you’re Scottish, I recommend the Free Church of Scotland and the APC. (Different from the Church of Scotland) If you’re English I recommend the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England & Wales and the Free Church of England (Different from the Church of England) Also online you can look up church finders for each of the groups, it will show you locations. And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. -Hebrews 10:24-25