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Patrick Quinlan (1919–1997) was an Irish Army officer who commanded the Irish UN force that fought at the Siege of Jadotville in Katanga in 1961, and surrendered when they ran out of ammunition and other supplies.
27 de jul. de 2016 · Commandant Pat Quinlan, the wily, blunt, pipe-smoking officer in charge of A Company noted the deep levels of hostility to his men in Jadotville and began to organize a robust defensive...
Despite the antagonism at Jadotville, these troops were substituted by Company A of the 35th Irish Battalion on 3 September 1961, under the command of Commandant Patrick Quinlan. According to both Conor O’Brien and General McKeown this decision was made due to the petition of Belgian Foreign Minister Paul Spaak to protect the white ...
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El asedio de Jadotville tuvo lugar en septiembre de 1961, durante la intervención de la Organización de Naciones Unidas (ONU) en el conflicto de Katanga en el Congo, África central. La Compañía A (Batallón 15) del Ejército Irlandés, que estaba sirviendo a la ONU, fue atacada por tropas leales al primer ministro de Katanga Moise Tshombe.
The officer in charge of the company, Commandant Pat Quinlan, wasn’t even alerted to a UN operation in Elisabethville, which had upset the already unreceptive Katangese and risked pushing their hostilities beyond breaking point.
7 de oct. de 2016 · The Siege of Jadotville: Directed by Richie Smyth. With Jamie Dornan, Emmanuelle Seigner, Mark Strong, Mikael Persbrandt. Irish Commandant Pat Quinlan leads a stand off with troops against French and Belgian Mercenaries in the Congo during the early 1960s.
19 de sept. de 2016 · The Siege of Jadotville depicts the 1961 siege of a 150-strong Irish UN battalion under Commander Patrick Quinlan (Jamie Dornan) by 3,000 Congolese troops led by French and Belgian mercenaries...
