Operation Grandslam
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Operation Grandslam was an offensive undertaken by United Nations peacekeeping forces from 28 December 1962 to 15 January 1963 against the forces of the State of Katanga, a secessionist state rebellin
Swedish UN peacekeepers led by Major Sture Fagerström plan their attack on the town of Kamina during the operation
UN Secretary-General Thant
J 29 reconnaissance-variant at Kamina Air Base
UN J 29 fighter jets in the Congo
The United Nations Operation in the Congo was a United Nations peacekeeping force which was deployed in the Republic of the Congo in 1960 in response to the Congo Crisis. The ONUC was the UN's first p
Swedish ONUC peacekeeper in the Congo
United Nations peacekeeping forces from Iran, the Philippines and Sweden at Kamina Air Base in January 1963
Swedish UN soldiers armed with submachine guns at an access road to Niemba in November 1961