The Congo Crisis | Animated History of Congo

Maybe you've heard about the Battle of Jadotville or something, but there was actually a lot more to the Congo Crisis than that time the Irish smacked down hella mercenaries. Let's talk about some of that other stuff.

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Sources

Mamaux, Alexis. The Cold War: Superpower Tensions and Rivalries. Oxford University Press, 2015.

Natufe, Omajuwa Igho. “THE COLD WAR AND THE CONGO CRISIS, 1960-1961.” Africa: Rivista Trimestrale Di Studi e Documentazione Dell’Istituto Italiano per l’Africa e l’Oriente, vol. 39, no. 3, 1984, pp. 353–374.

"The Congo Crisis." Global Events: Milestone Events Throughout History, edited by Jennifer Stock, vol. 1: Africa, Gale, 2014, pp. 308-312.

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[HIPLAYGAMES]

Am disappointed cz u didnt upload weekly
Shame on you

[redshirt]

Everyone: "The British and French did horrible things in their colonies!"

Belgium: "If I don't move they won't see me."

[macelu]

My grandpa was one of those swedish UN troops. He only talk about the heat and never the conflict

[Cnut_the_grape]

Fun fact: The DRC has the shortest coastline in Africa, even smaller than The Gambia's.

[γιουργια]

Congo: can we have Independence?
Belgium: well no, but actually yes, but actually... *loads shotgun*

[AncientAccounts]

ooh the congo, its great too see some african history, also "the irish smacked down hella mercenaries" lmao

[KVNMZ-hsop]

I hope that one day my country will find the peace it so much deserves 🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩

[enotanib]

African elections be like :
-corrupted party
-corrupted pro west party
-corrupted anti west Party
-not so corrupted part... nvm the candidate mysteriously died/disappeared

[calebrussell]

Belgium in Europe:rex from toy story
Belgium in Africa:T rex from Jurassic park

[communist_microwave]

Leapold: uses Soviet tec
America: COMMIE

[luca_history]

The real Congo crisis is when some Belgian dude shows up named Leopold

[jamullin]

It’s cool to see this being covered cause my grandfather was part of the UN forces that airlifted all the Belgian’s out of the area. The Congo Crisis is easy to overlook when perusing through history.

[justthatguy]

The Congo Crisis in 3 words:




Because screw Leopoldville!

[zainsugieres]

Last time I was this early the Congolese still had their hands

[MalaysianChopsticks]

UN is useless and this should be a 10 episode Netflix series.

[luca_history]

Belgium: Literally commits genocides and atrocities until 1960
Everybody: I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that

[StickWithTrigger]

"The UN secretary general's plane *crashed* if you count fighter jets shooting down his plane as a crash then yes totally.

[erexkmc]

Fun fact: Polish ace pilot who fought in WW2, as part of 303 squadron (one of the best RAF squadrons) later joined as mercenary pilot to katanga air force and was a leader of air forces in katanga.

[arthas]

It never ceases to amaze me how toothless the UN is. It only seems to work when everyone already wants a goal (which is incredibly rare) and would have probably reached that goal without the UN, but when ANYONE wants something else or disagrees the whole thing falls apart.

[greedyweeb]

I was torn between your well written educational humor and the pain I feel when thinking of the people in that area and what they still endure.