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| Every Mercenary Coup Attempt in Modern History Explained. Bob Denard, Mike Hoar and the Wild Geese. Back when they really used Soldier of Fortune magazine to recruit mercs |
| 2026-09-01 |
| [YouTube] When we picture a regime change, we usually imagine a nation's own generals seizing power. However, there are instances where sovereignty is sold to the highest bidder, and soldiers of fortune treat the developing world as a chessboard for corporate profit or resource extraction. This is a breakdown of every major mercenary coup attempt in modern history, from Honduran banana plantations in the early 1900s to Wagner's armored columns marching on Moscow in 2023. Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 1:05 The Machine Gun Coup (Honduras, 1911) 4:00 The Sheriff’s Deputy Invasion (Haiti, 1958) 5:56 The Wild Geese (Congo, 1966–1967) 8:33 The King of Comoros (Comoros, 1975) 9:51 Operation Shrimp (Benin, 1977) 12:13 The Mercenary Kingdom (Comoros, 1978) 14:23 The Froth Blowers (Seychelles, 1981) 16:40 Operation Cactus (Maldives, 1988) 19:19 The Death of a Puppet (Comoros, 1989) 21:14 The Old Man and the Sea (Comoros, 1995) 23:05 The Wonga Coup (Equatorial Guinea, 2004) 25:26 The Bay of Piglets (Venezuela, 2020) 27:14 The March of Justice (Russia, 2023) 30:33 The Livestream Coup (DR Congo, 2024) 32:27 Conclusion |
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