Katanga secession (1960-1963)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Katanga_secession_(1960-1963)
GPTKB entity
Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Élisabethville
gptkbp:casualties thousands
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:Congo_Crisis
gptkbp:country gptkb:Republic_of_the_Congo_(Léopoldville)
gptkbp:dateOfDeclaration 11 July 1960
gptkbp:dateOfEnd 21 January 1963
gptkbp:declaredBy gptkb:State_of_Katanga
gptkbp:economicInterest mining industry
gptkbp:endDate 1963
gptkbp:hasResource gptkb:gold
gptkb:uranium
copper
silver
zinc
cobalt
tin
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Katanga secession (1960-1963)
gptkbp:internationalInvolvement gptkb:military
gptkbp:leader gptkb:Moïse_Tshombe
gptkbp:location gptkb:Katanga_Province
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Siege_of_Jadotville
gptkb:Operation_Rum_Punch
gptkb:Operation_Unokat
Battle of Jadotville
Battle of Élisabethville
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Moïse_Tshombe
gptkb:Patrice_Lumumba
gptkb:Joseph_Kasa-Vubu
gptkb:Dag_Hammarskjöld
gptkb:Joseph_Mobutu
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:United_Nations
Congolese central government
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Operation_Grand_Slam
gptkb:Operation_Morthor
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Cold_War
decolonization of Africa
assassination of Patrice Lumumba
Belgian Congo independence
gptkbp:result Katanga reintegrated into Congo
gptkbp:startDate 1960
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:Belgium
foreign mercenaries
gptkbp:UNOperation ONUC (United Nations Operation in the Congo)
gptkbp:UNSecretaryGeneralKilled gptkb:Dag_Hammarskjöld
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Elisabethville
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6