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Thomas Michael "Mad Mike" Hoare (17 March 1919 – 2 February 2020) was a British-Irish military officer and mercenary who fought during the Simba rebellion and was involved in carrying out the 1981 Seychelles coup d'état attempt.
Mike Hoare was sentenced to ten years imprisonment: The judge, Justice Neville James told the court that Hoare, was "an unscrupulous man with a highly cavalier attitude to the truth." [ 33 ] He was released from prison in May 1985 after serving three of his ten-year sentence, under a general amnesty announced in December 1984 by President ...
Hoare, assisted by two other mercenary commanders, namely Captain John Peters and Major Alastair Wicks, subsequently worked out a plan for an offensive code-named "White Giant". [ 4 ] [ a ] The operation would start from Bunia , a city which was on Lake Albert's shore and still government-held. [ 4 ]
Jerry Puren left the Congo with Tshombe for exile in Belgium. Mike Hoare and Alistair Wicks did not renew their contracts and left the Congo. John Peters, then commanding officer of 5 Commando, continued to pledge his—and the unit's—loyalty to the government and continued operations in southern Congo. [31]
It was formed in Katanga as a scratch unit made up of locally recruited citizens, Belgians, doctors, pilots and other mercenary volunteers from around the world. They are trained to be commando. The unit was initially created by Frédéric Vandewalle and later commanded by Lt. Col. Mike Hoare. [1]
In 1981, the South African security services famously organised an attempted coup against René by a group of 44 white mercenaries led by Colonel "Mad" Mike Hoare. Other coups were also planned by elements in René’s regime, among Seychellois exiles in Britain , South Africa and Australia and by anti-communists in Pretoria and Washington .
It quickly captured Poko. As Denard's men were approaching Buta, however, Noel contacted Hoare's force and ordered it to abandon Bondo to support the attack on Buta. [3] [15] On the way, Hoare's troops had to move through Likati, a town with a significant White population of Greek and Portuguese traders. Before the security forces entered ...
In 1960 and 1961, Mike Hoare worked as a mercenary commanding the English-speaking unit "4 Commando," which supported the breakaway state of Katanga under the leadership of Moïse Tshombe. Hoare chronicled his time in the country in his book The Road to Kalamata.