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Photos From Korea to the Falkland Islands - colourised images of conflicts after World War II.
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Swedish mercenary Lieutenant Roy Larsen, The Congo, February 1965.
Larsen was part of a group of battle-hardened mercenaries that fought against communist backed Simba rebels that had captured much of eastern Congo, proclaiming a "people's republic" at Stanleyville.
During Operation White Giant, Prime Minister Moïse Tshombe and Commander in Chief of the army Mobutu Sese Seko (later president) had provided a battalion (around 1,000 men) of well-trained Katangan soldiers to reinforce the mercenary group 5 Commando. This new force commanded by Mad Mike Hoare (leader of 5 Commando) marched by land on 15 March 1965, to attack the rebel stronghold of Nioka, while a naval force composed of several large fishing boats under Lieutenant Roy Larsen (Our man in the photo) moved to strike Mahagi and Port Mahagion the northern end of Lake Albert. Both operations were successful.
The flow of Soviet weapons to the Simba rebels went through Sudan and was protected by a Cuban battalion operating from inside Sudan. The forces of Hoare and Larsen again fought together in early May 1965 for the attacks on cities close to the Sudan border like Arua, Aba, and Faradje. After taking Aba, Hoare went several kilometers inside Sudanese territory and destroyed the rebel's sanctuary, inflicting significant casualties on the enemy.
By November 1965 the Simba rebellion had been crushed, however rebel remnants continued to be active. But weak and no real threat to the Congolese government. After completing his service, Hoare told the media that he estimated that 5 Commando had elimenated between 5,000-10,000 Simba rebels.
Source: F. Villafana (2009) Cold War in the Congo: the Confrontation of Cuban Military Forces, 1960-1967. (s.108)
Larsen was part of a group of battle-hardened mercenaries that fought against communist backed Simba rebels that had captured much of eastern Congo, proclaiming a "people's republic" at Stanleyville.
During Operation White Giant, Prime Minister Moïse Tshombe and Commander in Chief of the army Mobutu Sese Seko (later president) had provided a battalion (around 1,000 men) of well-trained Katangan soldiers to reinforce the mercenary group 5 Commando. This new force commanded by Mad Mike Hoare (leader of 5 Commando) marched by land on 15 March 1965, to attack the rebel stronghold of Nioka, while a naval force composed of several large fishing boats under Lieutenant Roy Larsen (Our man in the photo) moved to strike Mahagi and Port Mahagion the northern end of Lake Albert. Both operations were successful.
The flow of Soviet weapons to the Simba rebels went through Sudan and was protected by a Cuban battalion operating from inside Sudan. The forces of Hoare and Larsen again fought together in early May 1965 for the attacks on cities close to the Sudan border like Arua, Aba, and Faradje. After taking Aba, Hoare went several kilometers inside Sudanese territory and destroyed the rebel's sanctuary, inflicting significant casualties on the enemy.
By November 1965 the Simba rebellion had been crushed, however rebel remnants continued to be active. But weak and no real threat to the Congolese government. After completing his service, Hoare told the media that he estimated that 5 Commando had elimenated between 5,000-10,000 Simba rebels.
Source: F. Villafana (2009) Cold War in the Congo: the Confrontation of Cuban Military Forces, 1960-1967. (s.108)
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Överfurir Torsten Stålnacke, Stockholm, 6 June 1962.
Stålnacke distinguished himself during the Congo Crisis for his gallant conduct in action on 14 September 1961. In connection with an attack on a weapons depot two of his comrades were shocked and Stålnacke advanced by himself against an enemy firing position, armed with a Carl Gustav recoilless rifle. He took out an enemy armored car and a number of enemies before his jaw was shot to pieces. His chin hung down to his chest and he was suffocating. With his fingers he cleared the neck free from bone fragments and was thereby able to breath again. During the retreat, and with whistling bullets around him, Stålnacke kept his chin up with one hand and held the recoilless rifle with the other and managed with hand gestures and kicks get his two badly shocked comrades from the battlefield. Because of fighting around the Italian Red Cross hospital in the center of Élisabethville, the ambulance could not drive all the way to it. The last hundred meters Stålnacke and his comrades had to run to the hospital under the protection of the house walls.
The Italian chief medical director Giuseppe Cipolat who initiated the treatment of Stålnacke in Élisabethville, said to colonel Jonas Wærn: "I served as a field medic in World War II, including the desert battles of Tobruk, and have taken care of wounded soldiers from many countries but I have never met a soldier who showed such courage and willpower as Torsten Stålnacke did." Stålnacke was awarded the Vasa Medal on 10 May 1962 for his bravery. Until spring 1963, Stålnacke had undergone 18 operations. All in all he underwent 33 operations for his injuries at the Karolinska Hospital in Stockholm. Though he was never fully recovered, he served in the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus during the years 1965 to 1968. After his time in the military, he ran a tavern in Helsingborg until 1972 when he bought the pension Pelikanen in Sälen which he ran until his retirement in 2003. On the 29 May 2012, on the Swedish Veterans Day he was awarded with the Swedish Armed Forces Medal for Wounded in Battle. The medal was awarded because of the injuries he sustained in the battle in Congo on 14 September 1961. He died on 4 August 2012, age 78.
Stålnacke distinguished himself during the Congo Crisis for his gallant conduct in action on 14 September 1961. In connection with an attack on a weapons depot two of his comrades were shocked and Stålnacke advanced by himself against an enemy firing position, armed with a Carl Gustav recoilless rifle. He took out an enemy armored car and a number of enemies before his jaw was shot to pieces. His chin hung down to his chest and he was suffocating. With his fingers he cleared the neck free from bone fragments and was thereby able to breath again. During the retreat, and with whistling bullets around him, Stålnacke kept his chin up with one hand and held the recoilless rifle with the other and managed with hand gestures and kicks get his two badly shocked comrades from the battlefield. Because of fighting around the Italian Red Cross hospital in the center of Élisabethville, the ambulance could not drive all the way to it. The last hundred meters Stålnacke and his comrades had to run to the hospital under the protection of the house walls.
The Italian chief medical director Giuseppe Cipolat who initiated the treatment of Stålnacke in Élisabethville, said to colonel Jonas Wærn: "I served as a field medic in World War II, including the desert battles of Tobruk, and have taken care of wounded soldiers from many countries but I have never met a soldier who showed such courage and willpower as Torsten Stålnacke did." Stålnacke was awarded the Vasa Medal on 10 May 1962 for his bravery. Until spring 1963, Stålnacke had undergone 18 operations. All in all he underwent 33 operations for his injuries at the Karolinska Hospital in Stockholm. Though he was never fully recovered, he served in the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus during the years 1965 to 1968. After his time in the military, he ran a tavern in Helsingborg until 1972 when he bought the pension Pelikanen in Sälen which he ran until his retirement in 2003. On the 29 May 2012, on the Swedish Veterans Day he was awarded with the Swedish Armed Forces Medal for Wounded in Battle. The medal was awarded because of the injuries he sustained in the battle in Congo on 14 September 1961. He died on 4 August 2012, age 78.
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The Italian chief medical director Giuseppe Cipolat who initiated the treatment of Stålnacke in Élisabethville, said to colonel Jonas Wærn: "I served as a field medic in World War II, including the desert battles of Tobruk, and have taken care of wounded soldiers from many countries but I have never met a soldier who showed such courage and willpower as Torsten Stålnacke did." Stålnacke was awarded the Vasa Medal on 10 May 1962 for his bravery. Until spring 1963, Stålnacke had undergone 18 operations. All in all he underwent 33 operations for his injuries at the Karolinska Hospital in Stockholm. Though he was never fully recovered, he served in the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus during the years 1965 to 1968. After his time in the military, he ran a tavern in Helsingborg until 1972 when he bought the pension Pelikanen in Sälen which he ran until his retirement in 2003.
Stålnacke died in his home on 4 August 2012 and was buried on 24 August in Svappavaara cemetery.
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Helicopters were used on the battlefront as liaison planes and for evacuating the wounded. Here, one of the helicopters takes off over the heads of First Marine Division troops in a forward position on a mountain slope
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A Viet Minh soldier captured by French forces during the Battle of Dien Bien Phu
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu was the climactic confrontation of the First Indochina War between the French Union's French Far East Expeditionary Corps and Viet Minh communist-nationalist revolutionaries. The battle occurred between March and May 1954 and culminated in a comprehensive French defeat that influenced negotiations underway at Geneva among several nations over the future of Indochina.
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu was the climactic confrontation of the First Indochina War between the French Union's French Far East Expeditionary Corps and Viet Minh communist-nationalist revolutionaries. The battle occurred between March and May 1954 and culminated in a comprehensive French defeat that influenced negotiations underway at Geneva among several nations over the future of Indochina.
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A US soldier with an M60 passes by a blazing village. Vietnam War.
The Vietnam War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and the government of South Vietnam. The North Vietnamese army was supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other communist allies; the South Vietnamese army was supported by the United States, South Korea, the Philippines, Australia, Thailand and other anti-communist allies. The war would last approximately 19 years and would also form the Laotian Civil War as well as the Cambodian Civil War, which resulted in all 3 countries becoming communist states in 1975.
The Vietnam War, was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and the government of South Vietnam. The North Vietnamese army was supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other communist allies; the South Vietnamese army was supported by the United States, South Korea, the Philippines, Australia, Thailand and other anti-communist allies. The war would last approximately 19 years and would also form the Laotian Civil War as well as the Cambodian Civil War, which resulted in all 3 countries becoming communist states in 1975.
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French paratroopers, Battle of Kolwezi, 1978
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 (FNLC).
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 (FNLC).
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U.S troops interrogate a Viet Cong prisoner during Operation Badger Catch
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Operation Napoleon/Saline(Badger Catch) was a multi-Battalion operation conducted by the United States Marine Corps and the United States Army along the Cửa Việt River south of the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The operation ran from 20 January to 9 December 1968.
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Operation Napoleon/Saline(Badger Catch) was a multi-Battalion operation conducted by the United States Marine Corps and the United States Army along the Cửa Việt River south of the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The operation ran from 20 January to 9 December 1968.
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