September 13–17, 1961 · Katanga (Jadotville) Theater
September 13–17, 1961
A company of 150 Irish UN peacekeepers at Jadotville was surrounded by some 3,000 Katangese troops and white mercenaries. For five days the Irish, short of water and ammunition, held off repeated assaults — inflicting heavy losses while suffering not a single man killed — before being forced to surrender when no relief could break through.
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