Gilmore, Editorīy the Combat Studies Institute, U.S. Robert H Berlin, Chief Marilyn Edwards, EditorĮlizabeth R. Leavenworth Paper that is worthy of any military professional's attention. Major Thomas P, Odom's studyĭemonstrates, in unprecedented detail and analysis, the actual workings of these dramaticĪnd complex operations, drawing upon sources heretofore unavailable. The Dragon operations were by no means perfect operations, Time, chance, and humanįrailty worked their usual influence upon affairs. Unfortunately- were the lives of innocent men, women, and children. Of airborne and ground forces to assault a hostile objective. The planning and execution of this mission required the operationalĬooperation of three nations and their military forces in order to synchronize the arrival Release of nearly 2,000 European residents taken hostage during the Simba Rebellion inġ964, American aircraft projected a Belgian airborne unit thousands of miles into the Many ways the most complex, hostage rescue missions of the cold war, Aimed at securing the The Dragon operations in the Congo-Dragon Rouge and Dragon Noir-were the first, and in Were emergencies in which the mission, the time and forces available, and the operational Nearly all bore the hallmarks of contingency operations: they Most were joint operations, and many were conducted in concert with the armedįorces of other nations. Most of these operations were in underdeveloped areas of
Since 1945, the United States has employed its armed forces in support of national Insight into the nature and complexities of multinational contingency operations. This Leavenworth Paper provides a valuable Drawing on newlyĭeclassified official American and Belgian sources- as well as on personal interviews withĬommanders and staff officers who planned and executed the operations Major OdomĪnalyzes and assesses events in the Congo. S study, Dragon Operations: Hostage Rescues in the Congo, 1964-1965.
These operations-Dragon Rouge and Dragon Noir-are the subject of Major Thomas P. Several hundred miles away, to rescue still more European hostages. Stanleyville was secured, the Belgian paras staged another combat assault on Paulis, Army officers, a small CIA element, and a contingent of the Congolese Army. To coincide with the arrival in Stanleyville of a ground force composed of Belgian and Regiment, staged a combat assault to seize the airport. Air Force C130s bearing 340 troops of the 1st Battalion, Belgian Paracommando Of 24 November 1964 following a strike by CIA-piloted B-26s against Stanleyville Airport,ĥ U.S. One hundred and eleven days after Olenga's capture of Stanleyville, in the dawn hours Hostage rescue operation of the cold war. The drama that culminated in the first-and in many ways, the most complex-multinational Government to recapture the city would precipitate the killing of the Europeans. The victorious rebels promptly took more thanġ,600 European residents hostage and announced that any attempt by the Congolese Olenga stormed the defenses of Stanleyville, a city of 300,000 deep in the heart of the In early August 1964, several thousand Simba rebels under the command of Nicholas External links, forms, and search boxes may not function within this collection. It is now a Federal record managed by the National Archives and Records Administration. This web site was copied prior to January 20, 2005.
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