Operation Grandslam
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title:
Operation Grandslam
text:
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 rebelling against the Republic of the Congo in Central Africa. The Katangese forces were decisively defeated and Katanga was forcibly reintegrated into the Congo. The United Nations had tried several times to reconcile the government of the Congo with the State of Katanga, which had declared independence u
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1962–1963 UN offensive in the Congo
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Grandslam
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2024-04-09T06:19:02Z
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