Fifty years ago, Stanleyville in the Congo was the scene of one of the most savage crimes of the last century, the cold-blooded massacre of hostages by the Simba rebels. Mike Hoare, Congo Mercenary (London: Robert Hall, 1967). A firsthand account by the head of Commando 5 on a “rabbit shoot” to liberate the eastern Congo (including Stanleyville) from the Congolese rebels. A firsthand account by the head of Commando 5 on a “rabbit shoot” to liberate the eastern Congo (including Stanleyville) from the Congolese rebels. He spent his early days in India and was educated in England, but his blood was Irish. MAD MIKE REBOOTS “MadMike”Hoare ,Africa’s mo stfamous“mercenary,“is verymuchaliveandjust“re-booted ,“withthere-printingof hisfourfamousbooksbyPal-adinPress,outofBoulder,Col-orado (www.paladin-press.com ). His men also learned what it means to be real soldiers. [PDF] Congo Mercenary. Mike Hoare helped in many ways to glamorise the mercenary trade in contrast to the harsh reality. Thomas Michael Hoare (17 March 1919 – 2 February 2020 ), known as Mad Mike Hoare, was a British mercenary leader and adventurer known for his military activities in Africa and attempt to conduct a coup d'état in the Seychelles. During World War 2 he served initially in the London Irish Rifles, became an expert in small arms, and then attended officer school. Michael Thomas Bernard Hoare, better known to the world as “Mad Mike”, was born in India in 1919. Mike Hoare, Congo Mercenary (London: Robert Hall, 1967).

A firsthand account by the head of Commando 5 on a “rabbit shoot” to liberate the eastern Congo (including Stanleyville) from the Congolese rebels. As they restored law and order, town by town, he and his men freed 1,800 nuns and priests. Mercenary soldiers from 5 Commando under the leadership of Lt Colonel Mike Hoare, probably the most famous merc officer since World War 2, had been unable to prevent the tragedy. Col. Mike Hoare tells how his force of mercenaries, 5 Commando, put down a Comunist-backed rebel uprising in the Congo. Colonel Mike Hoare. Thebiggest treatisthatCol. Mike Hoare, Congo Mercenary (London: Robert Hall, 1967). He was born in Dublin, in the Republic of Ireland in 1920 and served in North Africa as an armour officer in the British Army during World War II, achieving the rank of Captain.