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'Mad Mike' Hoare: Legendary Leader of the Wild Geese: A Biography

Chris Hoare

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Description:‘Mad Mike’ Hoare became a legend as the leader of the ‘Wild Geese’ mercenary soldiers in the Congo, and notorious following his failed coup d’état in the Seychelles. He fought in the British Army during World War II and in the years after the war he became an adventurer, riding a motorbike from Cape to Cairo, searching for the Lost City of the Kalahari, and becoming the first to run safaris in the Kalahari desert and Okavango delta. As a ‘wind of change’ blew over Africa, Mike became a mercenary leader in Katanga in 1961. In 1964/5 Mike, now linked to the CIA, led South African mercenaries against communist rebels in the Congo. He and his men rescued hundreds of missionaries from barbarity. Mike ‘licks’ Che Guevara and becomes ‘the most famous mercenary leader in the world’ as he crushed the Simba rebel revolt. He went on to work in Rhodesia, Biafra, Cambodia, Angola and Mozambique. In 1977 he was technical advisor to the film The Wild Geese, shot in South Africa; Richard Burton played the Hoare character. In 1981, Mike and his Frothblowers hijacked an Air India Boeing 707 when his coup attempt in the Seychelles goes awry, they are tried in the Supreme Court in Pietermaritzburg and Mike served 33 months in jail before being pardoned. After twenty years living in France he moved to South Africa, where he continues to live an active life in his nineties.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with 'Mad Mike' Hoare: Legendary Leader of the Wild Geese: A Biography. To get started finding 'Mad Mike' Hoare: Legendary Leader of the Wild Geese: A Biography, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 368

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Casemate

Release: 2020

ISBN: 1612005691

Description: ‘Mad Mike’ Hoare became a legend as the leader of the ‘Wild Geese’ mercenary soldiers in the Congo, and notorious following his failed coup d’état in the Seychelles. He fought in the British Army during World War II and in the years after the war he became an adventurer, riding a motorbike from Cape to Cairo, searching for the Lost City of the Kalahari, and becoming the first to run safaris in the Kalahari desert and Okavango delta. As a ‘wind of change’ blew over Africa, Mike became a mercenary leader in Katanga in 1961. In 1964/5 Mike, now linked to the CIA, led South African mercenaries against communist rebels in the Congo. He and his men rescued hundreds of missionaries from barbarity. Mike ‘licks’ Che Guevara and becomes ‘the most famous mercenary leader in the world’ as he crushed the Simba rebel revolt. He went on to work in Rhodesia, Biafra, Cambodia, Angola and Mozambique. In 1977 he was technical advisor to the film The Wild Geese, shot in South Africa; Richard Burton played the Hoare character. In 1981, Mike and his Frothblowers hijacked an Air India Boeing 707 when his coup attempt in the Seychelles goes awry, they are tried in the Supreme Court in Pietermaritzburg and Mike served 33 months in jail before being pardoned. After twenty years living in France he moved to South Africa, where he continues to live an active life in his nineties.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with 'Mad Mike' Hoare: Legendary Leader of the Wild Geese: A Biography. To get started finding 'Mad Mike' Hoare: Legendary Leader of the Wild Geese: A Biography, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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