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Swedish troops advancing upon the town of Kamina

Operation Grandslam was an offensive undertaken by United Nations

peacekeeping forces from 28 December 1962 to 15 January 1963 against
the gendarmerie of the State of Katanga, which was rebelling against the Republic of
the Congo in central Africa. Katanga's leader, Moïse Tshombe, repeatedly violated
agreements he had made with the UN and the Congolese government. The UN
Operation in the Congo became increasingly impatient towards Tshombe and drew up
plans to resolve the situation through force. In December 1962 Katangese
gendarmes attacked UN peacekeepers, and U Thant, Secretary-General of the UN,
authorised an offensive. UN forces secured the Katangese capital, Élisabethville, and
destroyed much of the Katangese Air Force in December 1962. In early January Indian
peacekeepers exceeded their orders and crossed the Lufira River ahead of schedule,
generating panic behind the Katangese lines. The Katangese forces were decisively
defeated and Katanga was forcibly reintegrated into the Congo. (Full article...)
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