Marc Goosens

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Marc Goosens , sometimes also Marc Goossens (* in Flanders ; † November 12, 1968 near Onitsha , Nigeria ) was a Belgian mercenary in the Yemeni civil war and in the Biafra war.

Life

Goosens served as an officer in the Belgian army . In this capacity he served as a military advisor to the Congolese government during the Simba rebellion . During the civil war in Yemen, he and other Congo veterans trained royalist rebels. Under the command of Rolf Steiner he was one of the dozen mercenaries who committed themselves to Biafra. Goosens was shot in the liver while Taffy Williams attempted to retake Onitsha from the Nigerian forces , but was unsuccessful . Under the title Biafra: Final Mission , Paris Match published a dramatic series of photos by Gilles Caron on November 30, 1968 , showing the removal of Goosens' body by soldiers of Biafra. Goosens is one of the five fallen mercenaries to whom Frederick Forsyth dedicates his novel The Dogs of War . Goosens is said to be the model for the character of the mercenary Marc Vlaminck in Forsyth's novel.

literature

  • Frederick Forsyth: The Biafra Story. The Making of an African Legend . Barnsley, Yorkshire, England: Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2007, ISBN 978-1-84415-523-1 , pp. 112-153
  • Frederick Forsyth: Outsider. The autobiography . C. Bertelsmann, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-570-10266-4 , pp. 258-262
  • Anthony Mockler: The new mercenaries . Corgi Books, London 1986, ISBN 0-552-12558-X

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Peter Baxter: Biafra: The Nigerian Civil War 1967-1970 , Helion & Company / 30 ° South Publishers, Solihull / Pinetown 2014, p. 50
  2. ^ Anthony Mockler: The new mercenaries . Corgi Books, London 1986, ISBN 0-552-12558-X , p. 168
  3. ^ Frederick Forsyth: The Biafra Story. The Making of an African Legend . Barnsley, Yorkshire, England: Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2007, ISBN 978-1-84415-523-1 , p. 112
  4. ↑ Frederick Forsyth: Outsider. The autobiography . C. Bertelsmann, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-570-10266-4 , p. 259, Anthony Mockler: The new mercenaries . Corgi Books, London 1986, ISBN 0-552-12558-X , pp. 179ff
  5. ↑ http://www.jeremy-duns.com/blog/2014/5/30/the-real-dogs-of-war
  6. ↑ Frederick Forsyth: The Dogs of War. Thriller . Piper, Munich 2001 (first edition ibid. 1974), ISBN 3-492-23127-6 , p. 6
  7. ^ Anthony Mockler: The new mercenaries . Corgi Books, London 1986, ISBN 0-552-12558-X , p. 194
personal data
SURNAME Goosens, Marc
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goossens, Marc
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian mercenary
DATE OF BIRTH 19th century or 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Flanders
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 1968
Place of death near Onitsha , Nigeria