5 Commando was a mercenary unit of the Congolese National Army formed in response to the Simba rebellion; they were trained to be commandos and had their own air support unit. 5 Commando was active fr
Armée Nationale Congolaise and mercenaries, pictured during the Simba rebellion
Kwilu rebellion
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The Kwilu rebellion was a civil uprising which took place in the West of what is the modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo. The rebellion took place in the wider context of the Cold War and the
Mulele (third from the right) with the Lumumba Government, 1960