Ep.019 - Le Dragon Rouge: The Second-Oldest Profession
Jun 21, 2020•1 hr 59 min•Season 1Ep. 19
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Episode description
The Golden Days: "Real Soldiers of Fortune"
- Comoros: Four coup attempts, three successful
- "When special services are unable to undertake certain kinds of undercover operation, they use parallel structures. This was the case of Bob Denard", French Intelligence - BBC (Denard obituary)
Frederick Forsyth & The Dogs Of War
- Angola/Battle of Soyo, 1992
- Sierra Leone vs the RUF, 1995
- "Ibis Air" - one Mi-24 Hind, two Mi-8 Hip helicopters, the Boeing 727 D2-FLZ, MiG-23 "Flogger" fighters, a small fleet of Pilatus PC-7 turbo-prop trainers converted for recce and ground attack, BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles, and T-72 main battle tanks
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