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Season 3: Episode 2: Katangan Independence and the Cold War
Manage episode 363815460 series 2850807
In this episode we look at the new Republic of the Congo 10 days after independence.
We see the Congolese reaction to the years of repression under colonial rule and Belgium's military response.
Faced with these troubles President Kasavuba and Prime Minister Lumumba turn to the UN, the US and the USSR for urgent help - unwittingly inviting the Cold War to their lands.
In the midst of this the provinces of Katanga and South Kasai start to see a future outside of the new Republic...
28 Episoden
Manage episode 363815460 series 2850807
In this episode we look at the new Republic of the Congo 10 days after independence.
We see the Congolese reaction to the years of repression under colonial rule and Belgium's military response.
Faced with these troubles President Kasavuba and Prime Minister Lumumba turn to the UN, the US and the USSR for urgent help - unwittingly inviting the Cold War to their lands.
In the midst of this the provinces of Katanga and South Kasai start to see a future outside of the new Republic...
28 Episoden
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