Mad Mike Hoare
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Thomas Michael "Mad Mike" Hoare was a British-Irish military officer and mercenary who fought during the Simba rebellion and was involved in carrying out the 1981 Seychelles coup d'état attempt.
Mike Hoare, June 2018
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
Mad Mike Hoare
…Congolese Prime Minister Moïse Tshombe, his employer in Katanga, hired Hoare to command a military unit named 5 Commando, Armée Nationale Congolaise (ANC) 5 Commando, later commanded by John Peters; composed of about 300 men, most of whom were from South Africa. His second-in-command was a fellow ex-British Army…
Armée Nationale Congolaise and mercenaries, pictured during the Simba rebellion