Operation White Giant | |||||||
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Part of the Simba rebellion during the Congo Crisis | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Simba rebels | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Jacques Noel[2] Mike Hoare[2] Bob Denard[3] | Unknown | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Armée Nationale Congolaise (ANC)
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Operation Violettes Imperiales (May–June 1965) was a military offensive conducted by the forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in northern Orientale Province against insurgents during the Simba rebellion. The operation succeeded in its aims, retaking the towns of Buta and Bondo as well as cutting rebel supply routes to the Central African Republic.