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Rewatched this, saw it a few years back based on Jim In Idaho's recommendation. The movie is based on a book and supposed to be basically factual.

A 150 man company of Irish Army Infantry many still using Enfields was sent to the Belgian Congo in 1961 on a UN peace keeping mission. They were attacked by Congolese soldiers who were led by French Mercenaries. They outnumbered the Irish 20 to one.The Peace Keeping Force calls for reinforcements were pretty much ignored by the UN for political reasons. They surrendered after several days of fighting when they ran out of ammo. They were then imprisoned for a month. When they returned to Ireland they were accused of cowardice and told they would be individually court- martialed for cowardice if the incident was talked about. It.was covered up for almost 50 years.

A lot of action and a bad back story re global politics,

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Sounds like it's worth watching.


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It moves, there was no cowardice.

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I knew nothing of it until I watched it a couple months back.
Netflix has some fine offerings, my latest fave is "How to Become a Tyrant"

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Yup, good movie. So far enjoying the Netflix films about lesser known historical events a lot.


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Good recommendation.

Good flick.


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