Shaba II

Shaba II was a brief conflict fought in the Zairean province of Shaba in 1978. The conflict broke out on 11 May 1978 after 6,500 rebels from the Congolese National Liberation Front (FNLC), a Katangese separatist militia, crossed the border from Angola into Zaire in an attempt to achieve the province's secession from the Zairian regime of Mobutu Sese Seko. The FNLC captured the important mining town of Kolwezi.

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1978  Wikimedia, Wikidata
war, United States, France, Cuba, Belgium, German Democratic Republic, Front for the National Liberation of the Congo, Zaire, Morocco, 

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1978 Shaba II

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French sniper

Whites leave Kolwezi

Mobutu in 1978

Croix Zairoise

Croix de la Bravoure de la République du Zaïre-Musée de la Légion d'honneur

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	war	1978	Shaba II	United States, Belgium, France, war, Morocco, Cuba, German Democratic Republic, Front for the National Liberation of the Congo, Zaire	Wikidata
commons	image		French sniper		Commons
commons	image		Whites leave Kolwezi		Commons
commons	image		Mobutu in 1978		Commons
commons	image		Croix Zairoise		Commons
commons	image		Croix de la Bravoure de la République du Zaïre-Musée de la Légion d'honneur		Commons