Toast yeah it’s shitty when they got back home the Irish gov and people saw them as cowards even though they fought for 5 days against thousands of men but in 2005 they were honored for there actions for what they did there

Toast they actually got medals from the government last week. I watched the movie and was like "how proud i am to be irish".

The only cowards in this scenario are the politicians.

@@wcstevens7 yeah you can say that again.

I was saddened when I heared they were not given the respect they deserved....no one died that is some bravery right there and the fact that they refused to part of the ugly politician game..made me even appreciate them more.

I'm from Bangladesh, bordered with India and Mayanmar. I just watched the movie, made on the incident and then looked for more information about it on You Tube. Undoubtedly, Your Father is Hero. Sending prayers and love for him 😍💜

72mossy My prayers go to him from America

I salute him because I would have died in a situation like that for sure.

Does your father ever use the expression Gustahowley dungunga.... My uncle used to say it and I always wondered was it from the Congo

Me too just watched the movie and found this documentary...you should be proud of your dad.

The massive force was mostly locals, the notion that Katanga's military was exclusively mercenary based is largely urban legend, according to most historical estimates there never more than a few thousand foreigners at any point in time, their role was mostly for training the standing army of the fledgling state, though Tshombe's administration would go on to incorporate them into the standing army as officers, there is a great film call "the siege of Jadotville" which outlines not only the force arrayed against the Irishmen, but also the duplicity of the UN officials, and misinformation given to the "peacekeepers", very interesting piece of history

You got to be kidding me? Do you even know what was the true fight about? These Irish came in a constitutional country to defend a business man who declared his state independent! it's like Trump decides to make Washington an Independent state and the Irish army come to the rescue. Don't be blind by this one sided story. These people are terrorist and nothing good happened to my country after that and we are still suffering because of this guys. May their souls burn in hell

True. Now, the globe is facing a global catastrophe because of the China virus. Who betrayed us all? W.H.O.!!!!

@Rowan O'Mullane RIGHT ON!!!!

Good for ya young lad give Him ne best

@@elliot2294 Lol you had cherries

You are a good man to honor your dad. In todays throwaway society its important to have people who honor thise who deserve to be honored as a symbol of integrity we all could have.

your dad might be burning in hell at the moment. pray for his soul. I'm from Congo and what they v done to my country is unforgivable.

Don't be fooled by this video. As a Congolese myself I curse the day this team was put together. Do you even know what was the true fight about? These Irish came in a constitutional country to defend a business man who declared his state independent! it's like Trump decides to make Washington an Independent state and the Irish army come to the rescue. Don't be blind by this one sided story. These people are terrorist and nothing good happened to my country after that and we are still suffering because of this guys. May their souls burn in hell

Thanks for the compliment Jonathan.

Donovan Lee .Bloody politicians would burn their own families at the stake just for advancement.

@Gavin MacNeish me too!

The UN would be betray their own mother's .Look how they let down the Bosnian's and most other countries in the world from genocide etc.

The UN will never change, Yugoslavia, the Brits removed blue helmets and fought back

@@williamllewelyn9517 never heard of... Any sources available?

He already has. They are Irish!

for what? entering a constitutional country to defend a business man who declared his state independent? it's like Ambani decides to make Mumbai an Independent state and the Irish army comes to the rescue. Don't be blind by this one sided story. These people are terrorist and nothing good happened to my country after that and we are still suffering because of this guys. May their souls burn in hell

​@DGBeats irish are peacekeepers. They don't shot unless someone shots at them. Plus it's Belgium and US that you should blame

@@NDULEENTERTAINMENTpoor you and your Belgian friends

Dan Will they actually arent cowards because they only had 150 soilders in Jadotville and the president was murdered and a new president came in that wasnt even elected and was threatening the UN and they survived alot of waves and Dr. Bran hes apart of UN would not send reinforcments for them so they had to survive on their own its not their fault that Africa is in the conditon it is so you can shut the fuck up

@dan will ..you blaming ireland for africas problems? also why live in hope big man? if you spent less time typing you'd have more time for killing. i just stuck the kettle on pal call round when your ready.

Dan will looks like someone wasn’t educated enough

@@deez583 you're obviously a Brit!

Irish men from texas????

Am so sorry to about your grandfather

I remember my grandfather telling me his buddy was killed close to him My own grandad was shot trough his foot During a shootout. Great men to be proud of Respect bro✊🏻☘️

It was more like 46 Irish soldiers captured at two locations.

@@karl_thwub To be exact it were 24 Irish at Elisabethville on September 15 and 152 Irish, 1 swedish and 1 Norvegian at Jadotville on September 17, 1961.

@@VictorRosez You've edited the numbers from your original comment. That's a start. As for the death of your friend it is indeed unfortunate and the facts may have been lost in the fog of war. Hundreds were being killed in Elisabethville at that time. The behaviour of Irish UN troops was far better than that of many other UN nations present.

@@karl_thwub bombing hospitals of people wanting independence from a communist tyrant isnt good behavior. Those UN soldiers are rotting in hell, worse than the Wehrmacht imo, the Wehrmacht have an excuse of being indoctrinated and conscripted. Viva La Katanga

@@jackreeder215 Sure. You're full of shit Jack.

Your dad was a hero

That is a bit lol, of an exaggeration

Irish troops proudly served both Kings and Queens, still serve the Queen today, especially proud at their history and respect from the other British forces and other nations. If you honestly think what you said is true, basically get back to school. The world has only known Irish soldiers as the fierce warriors they are through the British. The Irish Government and Irish military hid any accolades or bravery of their own Irish troops, that is to be sure a betrayal. Honestly, that says very little for the Nation or, Irish military generally. If you agree or, disagree with the British or, your home nation, maybe you should be respectful of those gallant Irish and British soldiers that have allowed that freedom you enjoy.

Gailge

Irish.

Eric Watchtower by oppressing people trying for independence? It was imperialism

Actually we were there in large part because of our official (and idealistic) policy at the time of assisting in decolonisation. The idea was to try to prevent interference by the two superpowers. Tshombe was a puppet of the US and Lumumba a soviet client. The "independence" movement of the two provinces were backed by France and Belgium, and was in large part driven by the foreign governments, mining companies (mostly french) and belgian settlers. Ireland had little interest in the conflict beyond diplomatic prestige and a genuine belief that we could help. The UN intervention, in a great measure lead by Frank Aiken (Irish minister of External Affairs) and Conor Cruise O'Brien (representing the UN Secretary General), was seeking to restore order under the democratically elected government (Lumumba's) until a more lasting arrangement could be negotiated. I've worked alongside the Irish Defence Forces for many years as a contractor working on C4ISR-related matters. Irish troops spent 40 years and many lives standing between the arabs and israelis in the lebanon, jordan and west bank, trying their best to protect civilians and keep the peace, often attacked by both sides. Irish peacekeepers on the other side of the world in East Timor saved many lives and kept the calm as independence was negotiated and while free, fair democratic election were held for the first time. The reason the UN sends Ireland into these situations is precisely because we have no interests or hidden agenda and can be counted on to be fair and impartial. About 2 years ago I was involved in prepping in secrecy a container of communications equipment for a small advance team of Irish Army intelligence officers who were being deployed to Syria in advance of Irish peacekeepers who were going to be deployed on the basis of a UN resolution to try to prevent Al-Assad from killing his own people. The trucks of equipment were almost ready to leave for the turkish border when ISIS started seizing control in the north-east.

The Irish troops don't see it that way..They thought in all honesty they were there to help..

Wrong, Eric. Katangan independence was instigated by Belgium and French industrial and mining interests and they employed mercenaries to support the break away. This is neo-colonialism at work and the Irish stood against it. The crisis bacame embroiled in Cold War politics and the UN lost its impartiality - certainly in the eyes of the Katangans. The Irish were not responsible for that mess.

Worth noting that Katangan secession was also well supported by Rhodesia and South Africa. The crisis was an unlovely intersection of cold war politics, industrial interests and pan-africanist ideology versus tribalism and, for good measure, the interests of white minority governments in Africa.

they are rotting in hell, Katanga did nothing wrong and they got invaded for wanting independence.

@@jackreeder215 1. It was ruled by an authoritarian leader. 2. They killed the UN Secretary General during his flight to settle peace in the Congo. 3. The Kindu Massacre 4. Backed by the USSR 5. They used child soldiers 6. And so on The UN force was there to protect the local population. Stop being an arrogant child and do some research before you come to conclusions 👍

kris littledale Other way around actually given how the siege of Jadotville turned out.

kris littledale Mike was Irish.

Nothing more disgusting than a mercenary.

stuntv31 you think we'd want help from the british? They our country for hundereds of years. We only got independence in 1949. It's the Americans we'd have want help from.

@@shapesnatch1341 6th December 1922

I disagree. They weren't necessarily being sent into war, but sent to attempt to create peace in a very volatile situation.

Send in the Irish. Cannon fodder

TrueBlueEG8 Hm. Good point. But, Swedish troops were involved in the conflict, and I'm pretty sure the SG of the UN at the time was Swedish, so I doubt he'd send his own countrymen as cannon fodder. I think this operation was solely done in good faith. And I guess the Irish being sent in could be explained as a lack of other resources, as the U.S. was preparing to enter Vietnam as well as in the midst of a Cold War, and was very unlikely to send troops to some place in Africa to help them there. Same thing goes for the the Brits (who were also dealing with the Aden Emergency at this time). and other NATO members.

Most people all ready know that this civil war was orchestrated from outside the country. No one was going to keep any peace, the yanks wanted to secure access to one of the richest veins of uranium on earth. It may have been in good faith from the belief of the Irish and Swedish military but there was a definite hidden agenda being pursued

TrueBlueEG8 I thought the U.S. was at one point accused of supporting Katanga, which the Irish, Swedish, and Indian peacekeepers were fighting against?

Excuse me but where where the danish mentioned cuz the only Nordic country that was mentioned was Sweden and they where there to help the Irish.

torpar15 sandsten It was French and Danish mercenaries.

The Irish were also helped by Indian troops. Let's no whitewash this shit.

@@OldSkoolWax in the end the indians wernt able to help

at jadotville anyway

You should be ashamed of yourself for being under informed. If you look at my videos you can see I am easy to ID so fuck you. Further there is no requirement to post a photo on youtube. I have tried in fact but it's tied to big brother google so fuck google and you too. You assuming ass.

Katanga was a puppet state of the Belgians and mining companies. Its leaders were gangsters and lackeys of Rhodesia, South Africa (apartheid) and the CIA. You are making propaganda for racists and white supremacists.

TomthatiscalledTom yes and then, was the situation that bad if you compare it to today? Congo went to shit, many old colonies went to shit, today we have to deal with immigration of these countries due to nationalism in these countries, they were never able to put a system in place as strong as western country, so your argument isn't that right either

Yeah. You were full of s**t four years ago and your full of s**t today.

@@karl_thwub You have not even addressed your comment to anyone spcifically, try again.