- The
Niemba ambush took
place on 8
November 1960, when an
Irish Army
patrol in Congo-Léopoldville was ambushed, the
first time the
Irish Army was embroiled...
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Niemba is a town in the
Democratic Republic of Congo,
Katanga Province. It is
situated on the
Lukuga River, a
tributary of the
Lualaba river. The po****tion...
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Luchazi (Lucazi, Chiluchazi) is a
Bantu language of
Angola and Zambia.
Luchazi is the prin****l
language of the
Ngangela Group.
Ngangela is a term coined...
- and
instead this
river depends on its own tributaries,
especially the
Niemba River, to
maintain a flow. The lake may also have at
times had different...
-
Gustav M45
submachineguns and Bren Guns. One such
patrol was
ambushed at
Niemba on 8
November 1960 by
Baluba tribesmen. Of the 11
Irish soldiers, 9 were...
- leader, the name
Nimba originates with the Mano
dialect which in Mano is
Niemba/Nyamba Tun (Mount Nimba). The
meaning is "hills on
which young maidens will...
- years. On 8 November, an
Irish Army platoon, sent to
repair a
bridge in
Niemba, was
ambushed and nine of its men
killed by
Baluba tribesmen. On 3 October...
- who
served in the
United Nations Operation in the
Congo and
survived the
Niemba ambush. Many
factories closed in the 1970 and 1980s,
leaving only a factory...
- "
Niemba Ambush", in
which an eleven-man
Irish patrol was
ambushed by
local tribesmen. Nine
Irish soldiers and some 25
tribesmen were killed. A
Niemba Ambush...
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Rising Irish War of
Independence Irish Civil War The
Emergency Congo Crisis Niemba Ambush Siege of
Jadotville At Tiri
Incident The
Troubles List of
Irish military...
