Jean “Black Jack” Schramme was not your typical soldier of fortune. A Belgian plantation owner turned mercenary commander, Schramme rose to infamy during the Congo Crisis of the 1960s, where he led ...
The private mercenary brigade that has managed to bully the Congo government for three months agreed last week to pack up and leave the country. Belgian Planter Jean Schramme and his force of 150 ...
When the Congo’s white mercenaries revolted last month, it seemed hardly possible that their rebellion could end in anything but defeat. The “meres,” after all, number only 160 men, backed up by 1,500 ...
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