The truth is that the Irish peacekeepers were defeated and surrendered with little resistance. The Tshombes dispatched Belgian mercenary pilot Joseph Duran in Katanga's only operational "Teacher" trainer/attack aircraft to bombard UN-Irish positions at will with little resistance. Duran destroyed some UN planes. The number of casualties of the Irish army in Jadotville rose rapidly, and the Irish commander quickly chose to surrender. The entire army was captured by the enemy without firing a shot. It can be said to be a rare case of shame in the history of the world's military. The United Nations has also been disgraced by the conduct of the Irish peacekeepers. Years later, Irish officials thought this history was too humiliating, so they deliberately awarded the title of Heroes to these Irish soldiers who surrendered that year, in order to reverse the negative international impression of their military. The film is also based on the government's argument.
At that time, Tshombo's army was defeated by the Indian army . At about the same time, a border conflict broke out between China and India. The Chinese army won the victory. You can simply compare the combat effectiveness of the army based on this. The Irish army was completely defeated by the Tshombe army, and there was no so-called overwhelming advantage in numbers in the movie, because there were only about 1,000 Tshombe mercenaries in total, and only a small number of them participated in the attack. It can be seen that the two sides have a 1:1 military power ratio. The United Nations Indian peacekeeping force also defeated Tshombe's gendarmerie force in an almost 1:1 ratio, and Tshombe's gendarmerie force was far stronger than mercenaries. The combat effectiveness of the United Nations Indian peacekeeping force can be regarded as equivalent to the combat effectiveness of the Indian troops on the Sino-Indian border. In the Sino-Indian War , the Chinese army defeated the Indian army several times its own with three divisions , and the army even approached the Indian capital. According to information from the Indian Ministry of Defense, the Chinese army captured nearly 4,000 Indian soldiers. In the battle, the Chinese army lost 722 people and injured 697 people; the Indian army lost 4,383 people and injured 1,047 people. From this, the comparison of combat power in 1962 can be simply introduced: Chinese Army, Indian Army, Tshombe Army, Tshombe Mercenaries , and Irish Peacekeepers. So it can be seen how the low combat effectiveness of the Irish army is staggering, so the United Nations at that time also regarded its surrender as a shame, and the Irish officials did not dare to make any response at that time. It was only after many years that the Irish military did the above-mentioned scandal for the sake of its own face, and even made a movie to promote it, but the result was nothing but laughter.
The Irish commander of the year has been alive in the world, and after returning home, he was discharged from the army and has a pair of children.
History is really a little girl who can be dressed up. The above materials are from the Internet, I dare not say that this is the case, but I dare to say that the war in the movie is absolutely nonsense! In an open space where there is no danger to defend, facing 20 times the enemy army, the weapons are still behind the opponent (heavy machine guns, mortars, planes), and the opponent's corpses are still everywhere. It's even more divine than our anti-Japanese drama! War films should restore the cruelty of war. I have no objection to promoting heroism, but there must be a degree of tolerance, and facts must be told, and nonsense is not allowed. Some movies and TV dramas depicting war in our country are often like this, detached from reality and like children's play. The group of angry youths who watched it was full of enthusiasm, clamoring to fight this and that every day. Look at the countries and regions around us that are still raging with war, look at the lives of the people there, and think about it, do you really want war? Only those who have experienced the cruelty of war will understand the preciousness of peace.
I hope there will be no more wars in this world, and no more films that glorify wars!
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