Operation Unokat
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Operation Unokat, also styled Operation UNOKAT, was an offensive undertaken by United Nations peacekeeping forces from 5 to 21 December 1961 against the gendarmerie of the State of Katanga, a secessio
Irish ONUC troops man a position over a road into Élisabethville during Operation Unokat
A Ferret armoured car formerly operated by the Malayan ONUC contingent, salvaged at Kalemie in 2016
Swedish troops move into position near Elisabethville airport in Katanga Province, December 5, 1961
UN Canberra bomber in action over Elisabethville
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
Operation Unokat
…of the Congo with the State of Katanga, which had declared independence under Moïse Tshombe with Belgian support in 1960. Following the failure of Operation Morthor and the death of Secretary-General of the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld in a plane crash, the new Secretary-General U Thant, backed by renewed…
Swedish ONUC peacekeeper in the Congo
United Nations peacekeeping forces from Iran, the Philippines and Sweden at Kamina Air Base in January 1963
Swedish troops plan offensive actions for Operation Grandslam
Swedish UN soldiers armed with submachine guns at an access road to Niemba in November 1961