ZAIRE-KOLWEZI
View of a destroyed plane on the tarmac of Kolwezi airport, in the Shaba province, 19 May 1978. Fierce fightings are occuring between zairese troops and Angola-based separatist rebels, seeking the secession of Katanga from Zaire, in the mining town of Kolwezi in southern Zaire's Shaba Province. The paratroopers of the French 2e REP (2nd Foreign Legion Parachute Regiment) dropped on the town 19 May 1978 to restore order during an operation known as "Operation Leopard". 250 rebels, 500 Zairians, 120 European hostages and 6 paratroopers died. (Photo by CHAMPAGNE / AFP) (Photo by CHAMPAGNE/AFP via Getty Images)
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