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Explain the history of The Democratic Republic of Congo: its rulers, how it came under Belgian rule, and its fight for independence from

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The period of conflict and political upheaval in the Republic of Congo is known as Congo Crisis. It began immediately when it got freedom from Belgium and Joseph Desire Mobutu became its dictator, during the crisis he was serving as Chief of staff of the Army. The Congo crisis was an indirect conflict during the Cold War in which Belgium and United states supported Mobutu. More than 90,000 people were killed in the crisis and Mobutu seized power from president Kasavubu in 1965.

The Belgian Congo, French Congo Belge, was the previous settlement in Africa, ruled by Belgium from 1908 until 1960. It was established by the Belgian parliament to supplant the past, exclusive Congo Free State, after worldwide shock over maltreatment there brought weight for supervision and responsibility.

The official Belgian frame of mind was paternalism: Africans were to be thought about and prepared as though they were youngsters. They had no job in enactment, yet customary rulers were utilized as operators to gather charges and enroll work; uncooperative rulers were dismissed. In the late 1950s, when France and the United Kingdom worked with their states to get ready for freedom, Belgium still depicted the Congo as an ideal place that is known for parent-child connections among Europeans and Africans.

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battle of saint-mihiel, (12–16 september 1918), allied victory and the first u.s.-led offensive in world war i. the allied attack against the saint-mihiel salient provided the americans with an opportunity to use their forces on the western front en masse.

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answer: in october 1962, an american u-2 spy plane secretly photographed nuclear missile sites being built by the soviet union on the island of cuba. president kennedy did not want the soviet union and cuba to know that he had discovered the missiles. he met in secret with his advisors for several days to discuss the problem.

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