Operation ''Rum Punch''

Operation Rum Punch

Date	28 August 1961
Location	Élisabethville and its surroundings, Katanga
Result	ONUC victory

Belligerents

ONUC^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Supported by:

Republic of the Congo

Katanga
Supported by:

Belgium

Commanders and leaders

Conor Cruise O'Brien

K.A.S. Raja

Moïse Tshombe

Casualties and losses

273 mercenaries and officers repatriated

Conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Congo Crisis
Katanga secession South Kasai secession UN intervention Stanleyville rebellion Operation Rum Punch Niemba Ambush Siege of Jadotville Kindu atrocity Operation Grandslam Simba Rebellion Kisangani Mutinies

Shaba Invasions
Shaba I Shaba II Battle of Kolwezi Non-aggression pact of 1979

First Congo War
Rwandan Genocide

Second Congo War

Ituri conflict
Bogoro attack Artemis North Night Final Response UN 1484

Kivu conflict
2008 2009 2012–2013 2014–present

Miscellaneous
Katanga insurgency Allied Democratic Forces insurgency Kivu Conflict M23 rebellion Dongo conflict 2011 coup d'etat attempt Batwa-Luba clashes 2013 Kinshasa attacks Kamwina Nsapu rebellion Child soldiers in the Congo

Operation Rum Punch or Operation Rumpunch was a military action undertaken by United Nations peacekeeping forces on 28 August 1961 against the military of the State of Katanga, a secessionist state from the Republic of the Congo in central Africa. UN troops arrested and deported over 250 foreign mercenaries and officers employed by Katanga with little conflict.

Operation

Operation Rum Punch commenced at 04:00 on 28 August 1961.^[1]

Notes

↑ Numerous national forces participated in ONUC, the United Nations Operation in the Congo. For Operation Rum Punch, this included troops from India, Ireland, and Sweden.^[1]

Citations

1 2 Power 2016, Chapter 6: A Rum Affair.

References

Hoskyns, Catherine (1965). The Congo Since Independence: January 1960 – December 1961. London: Oxford University Press.
Power, Declan (2016). Siege at Jadotville: The Irish Army's Forgotten Battle (unabridged ed.). Blackstone Publishing. ISBN 9781504758888.

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