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very interesting document, well worth looking at on this subject! So from this perspective, all commanders other than UN units should be grouped together as we have discussed above, but for ease of navigation - I still think we need to show them separately per origin. We could consider Level 1 header: Commanders, Level 2.1: Mercenaries; Level 2.2 Belgian; Level 2.3 Other <here we include the US, Cuban and other: -->
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Mercenaries, military advisors, Belgian paratroopers, Cuban pilots and
Belgian Logistic units were all effectively part of the ANC, thus indirectly funded by Belgium (and possible the United States). See §14 of UN Security Council minutes of meeting of 23 December 1964 (you can find it . This is a
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Belgian about the Belgian mercenaries and commanders in Katanga/Congo/Kasai/...? Were they on the payroll of the Belgian state during their stay in Congo/Katanga/...? And conversely, were the French, South Africans,... then not on the payroll of their home country?
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Belgians as a separate 'kind' of commanders (i.e. as opposed to 'regular' mercenaries)? I would argue that both Belgians like Vandewalle and e.g. French like Faulques were military personnel hired to serve in foreign armies, being both mercenaries. The phrasing
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Conceptually, I agree - but I think we need to indicate that "commanders" includes both
Belgian and Mercenary. Maybe "Commanders (Belgian and mercenary)" ??
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Vandewalle, for instance, was at the service of
Katanga and then directly to Congo, so not a part of the Belgian army (at least officially).
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A fascinating read indeed! Separating per origin sounds fine by me.
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