The Real Siege of Jadotville - A Congo Documentary

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The Siege of Jadotville was one of the largest battles of the UN deployment to Katanga, for five days 159 men from the Irish, Swedish and Norwegian contingents of the ONUC fought off some 600 - 1,000 Katangese Gendarmes and mercenary officers.
Despite the battles fame nowadays, there's no comprehensive documentaries covering the battle and as viewers of this channel well know, the film does more harm than good. So this is my attempt to shed some light on what went on there for those five days, primarily through the eyes of A Company, 35th Infantry Battalion.
Many thanks to Mag for providing the art for this video, she can be found at: x.com/freddyfrueger
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Timestamps:
00:00 - GroundNews
1:26 - Intro
5:50 - Part One
17:11 - Part Two
30:13 - Part Three
55:54 - Part Four
1:18:49 - Conclusion

[@MajorSamm]

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[@malithaw]

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[@TheL1034]

That command structure was so bureaucratic and messy that only the UN could have made it.

[@anomonyous]

Hey now... the EU could've done that too, you know...😢

[@anjetto1]

It's the problem with soothing national egos. No one wants to "lose postion" to someone from another country. They can't work together. Same thing with the EU parliament. Compromise born from massive egos and no cooperation

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holy shit we went from short edits and the infrequent historical discussion to actual full blown documentaries well done Major i hope we see more of this sooner or later.

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[@AG-md2ez]

Thank you for acknowledging and naming those men that died. My biggest gripe with that movie is that it totally ignored them and their efforts which I think was disgraceful.

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[@G-Mastah-Fash]

He went to Jadotville to check it out himself.

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No wonder he’s been taking a while to upload he’s been cooking a specialty

[@rhodie.]

Mag did an outstanding job with the illustrations, presentation of the information was also excellent!

[@L_Train]

The only thing needed is a narrator. Desperately.

[@freddyfrueger]

Thanks rhodie :-)

[@alanburke1893]

Great interview on RTE Radio 1 archive with Jadotville veteran. He was in shower when first attack commenced. Manned machine gun and fired 3 boxes of ammunition c. 750 rounds. Described how a decade later was walking with his young son to football game...suddenly realised he had killed so many in such a field of vision. He recalled that his towel dropped off while shooting...an unrecognised hero, died too young

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MajorSamm: a Cold War era African military history creator who dabbles in combat footage edits.

[@aluminium5738]

I pray you'll find success with this, you're genuinely good at it and there's lots of stuff that's gotta be said

[@DukeCannon]

This has been the most detailed account of that battle on KZbin. Thankyou for your research. Subscribed and X-posted.

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And we are back.

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I know your most well known for your war edits, but I really enjoy videos like these too. Hope you make more of them.

[@frank-jl7ui]

Typical upper brass fucking the hard working ground forces through lack of transparency.

[@qboxer]

Extremely well done. You used the map and symbols to paint a very clear picture of what went on. Good use of varied sources, especially radio logs.

[@camryt]

This was amazing, thank you for uploading this. I only knew about this incident through some "correction" videos of the feature film released a few years ago, but never got into it that much. What a story.

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Superb. I know how much effort went into making a video this detailed and long, I can only say thanks, and hope you make more of these!

[@mattythefatty6442]

I love the deep dives you do and have found the Jadotville "series" very interesting and appreciate you bringing it to light.

[@calthepeacelovingclover5935]

I was looking forward to this ever since the last vid, hopefully people will see the the story told how it really happened, that aside it's still an incredible battle and a great piece of history from my countrymen.

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This was absolutely excellent. Keep up the great work!

[@TrueNeutralEvGenius]

Brilliant work done. My gratitude.

[@Simte]

Great research Samm. Love to see.

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Tremendous work on an important subject. You ought to be very proud!

[@williambrasky3891]

Really solid thank you!

[@andychap6283]

Awesome content, completely changes how I think about the siege. Quality video, rock on

[@g0rdonfreeman1]

Great video I hope there will be similar ones in the future

[@MajorSamm]

Thank you, there will definitely be similar ones in the future.

[@masterofrockets]

Looking forward to all the good work you put out!

[@MajorSamm]

Been seeing your comments for years, thank you for watching all this time.

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Very quickly became my favorite history KZbinr, I hope you find more success with this

[@wanta1776]

Great vid. I only ask for more reference photos and art work through out

[@rhodie.]

Agreed.

[@TrueNeutralEvGenius]

No need. Research yourself, if interested.

[@spyczech]

@@TrueNeutralEvGenius No bro needs to give more primary sources dead ass

[@wanta1776]

@TrueNeutralEvGenius it's more visually interesting for the audience. I want to see the unit markers and maps but when they're stagnant for a few minutes, it's a little refresh.

[@freddyfrueger]

​@@spyczechwhat more primary sources do you want, all the info is from private notes made by the people there, radio logs, reports and official UN records

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There will always be more.

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[@jargobordine7254]

Great presentation. Little surprised that no Acoy scout groups advanced into the scrub to set up a counter attack and route some of the positions.

[@mickmacgonigle5021]

Good representation as far as I can judge. A friend of mine wrote the film script for the movie , we talked a lot about it and your analysis seems pretty good

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Thank you for this clear presentation. It's hard to hear about this without wondering what the hell the point of any of this was.

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[@MajorSamm]

Unfortunately making videos is a very slow process but there will always be another one.

[@ciarandoyle4349]

Questions for MajorSamm and maybe for some of the commentators: - Did the relief column attempt to scout the river banks near the bridge that was blockaded by the Katangese Gendarmerie? - Was the terraine on either side of the approach road to the blockaded bridge swampy or firm? - Was the river fordable by infantry within a few kilometers of the bridge? What I am getting at is: did the relief column try, or could it have tried, to make a river crossing (perhaps by night) to outflank the blockaded bridge and perhaps take the blocking force from the rear?

[@MajorSamm]

- Attempts were made but all were spotted and fired upon, the Katangese having almost clear fields of fire from their positions. - The terrain was firm but not suitable for vehicles and was difficult for infantry to pass through without following tracks that were defended by Katangese tripwire positions. -The river wasn't fordable, it was too deep and flowed too fast. Unfortunately there was simply no way to cross the river without using the bridges. There was no bridging equipment issued to the UN forces in the Elisabethville area and they were under fire from the moment they got within a few kilometres of the bridge. Even if they had gotten the infantry across they would be without their vehicles they'd have to fight through the company defending the bridge and at least another company guarding the highway and march some 20 kilometres to link up with A Company and then turn around and do it again back to the vehicles.

[@jeremybertz796]

RIP Katanga 🫡

[@xcd87]

Now i wish the movie just followed the actual events, it seems reality is morr exciting and has the same if not more action than the movie.

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Wait so they didn’t have series 1 Landrovers and had jeeps instead? That was the main reason I liked the film lol 😢

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[@MajorSamm]

There's plenty more where this came from.

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Thank you for this! The Congo crisis is a under looked topic and stating the facts of Jadoville is refreshing from Hollywoods ignorance

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1:19:07 It’s funny how in the Wikipedia page the Katangese casualties is four times that number

[@TDroid-0208]

-makes military edits -randomly falls off the earth -comes back “hey btw, that popular movie is just wrong, here’s what happened irl” -refuses to elaborate further, leaves

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[@joeltee9894]

Awesome account. The movie, although entertaining, was a total farce. Thanks again for your attention to detail and well informed presentation. Joel Threatt, SSG INF, US Army, ret.

[@TillyOrifice]

I'm only half way through but Quinlan looks to have been a very good officer.

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I’m incredibly proud of the toughness and great spirit shown by the boys in green. I had two uncles in the Irish forces. One told me he took fire from a Sherman in Lebanon but I’m not sure if he wasn’t just pulling my leg. First time viewer but future long term subscriber. I really like your detailed approach to battles.

[@user-ol3wk2ds9m]

roughly what age is your uncle? My dad has a similar story he was there with the Irish peacekeepers

[@roryduggan2781]

@@user-ol3wk2ds9m he would be 65 now but sadly he passed a few years back.

[@anomonyous]

​@@roryduggan2781My condolences. I like to think it's a guy called Sherman who shot at him for nicking something from his rations.

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there were Shermans which engaged Irish Positions in Lebanon in the 1980's. I believe it was in At-Tiri

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