L’any 1978 al Zaire (actual República democràtica del Congo), 600 legionaris francesos es rendeixen a la ciutat de Kolwezi , al sud-est, per socórrer milers d’africans i d’europeus amenaçats pels rebels katanguesos.
In 1978 in Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo), 600 French legionnaires went into the town of Kolwezi, in the south-east to help thousands of Africans and Europeans threatened by Katangan rebels.