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Operation Leopard

La légion saute sur Kolwezi

1980

In 1978, when communist guerrillas overrun the mining town of Kolwezi in Zaire and take European residents hostage, French Foreign Legion paratroopers mount a daring airborne rescue. A war action drama based on real events.

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