Bob Denard

Colonel Bob Denard or Said Mustapha Mahdjoub (born Robert Denard on April 7th, 1929 with Grayan-and-the Hospital and died with Paris on October 13rd, 2007,), was a soldier, more known as a Mercenaire French.

This Mercenaire is surely most influential and most known of all the mercenaries having operated in Africa since independences of the countries of this continent. He affirmed to have carried out several of his operations with the downstream of the French state.

Biography

He is wire of a soldier of the colonial one. Resisting 16 years, it engages then like volunteer for the Indo-China as a sailor second classifies in 1944. Become leading seaman in the commandos of the marine in Indo-China and Algeria, it leaves the army in 1952 after a brawl in a bar, and accepts a place of mechanic and heavy plant driver to the Morocco. It enters then the police force of this country always under Protectorat French. " In 1954, he was recognized guilty of plot to assassinate the Prime Minister Pierre Mendès France and was condemned to 14 month of prison."

Starting from the Years 1960, anti communist convinced, it works in the tumultuous colonial conflicts post- . It takes part in military operations implying of the mercenaries in Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) in 1977, with the Yemen, in Iran, with the Nigeria, the Bénin, the Gabon (where he is instructor of the presidential guard), in Angola in 1975, with the Cabinda in 1976, with the Zaire and the the Comoros, one of the most unstable countries of planet.

Of 1960 with 1963, it will be one of the chiefs of “dreadful” of the Katanga, a province of the Belgian Congo (Zaire), by supporting Moïse Tshombé which has just declared the independence of the Katanga the July 11th 1960. It was in particular distinguished by making ravel all its officers that they are black or white in a strict equality (until there, the white passed in first). The January 21st 1963 it is the fall of Kolwezi and the defeat of the mercenaries, who take refuge in Angola with the agreement of the mode Portuguese. They will be repatriated in France where they will be accommodated by the gendarmes.

Then, it starts from August 1963 at the end 1964 for the Yemen on behalf of MI6 with 17 mercenaries, in the 1st royalist army, financed by the Saudi Arabia, against the republicans supported by the Égyptiens of Nasser. It is charged to frame the Touareg S. France gives its tacit agreement, nonofficial.

It returns fine 1964 to the Congo R D, with the head of the 1st shock which it created. By taking mercenaries resulting from the Paras and Legion, it forms this small battalion with the assistance of a handle of Katangais. It contributes to the victory over the rebels Communist of Gbenie, Soumialot and Mulele. While intervening on a large territory like half of France, while having many deaths and wounded, it will make it possible the population to reinstate their cities and villages. In 1967, arrived the tragedy of the mercenaries taken at the trap of Mobutu.

Denard intervenes again for MI6. Its war treasure was reduced little by little and recently Bob Denard did not live " that on 250 euros by mois" : retirement due in its states of service during the War of Indo-China. It could not attend its lawsuit, suffering of the Maladie of Alzheimer.

Media

Corsair of the Republic , delivers of Bob Denard and Georges Fleury, Robert Laffont, 1998,437 p.
Bob Denard, profession mercenary , documentary of Thomas Risch, production Doc. in Stock for 13th street.

the song Manimal (album the Code of honor , left in 1999) first album solo of the Rap French fear of Comorian origin Rohff denounces the chicaneries of Denard, supported, then protected by France.
Another rappor close to Rohff, Kery James, also “dedicated” a title with Bob Denard on the song Hardcore 2005 present on its second album, left in 2005.

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