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The 1960 Flight of the Belgians: Congo's Great Departure
In the chaotic months after the Force Publique mutiny and the Katanga secession, hundreds of thousands of Belgian settlers and officials fled the Congo in a desperate, improvised exodus. This episode of The History of Belgium follows the routes they took — from the riverboats down the Congo to the packed planes out of Léopoldville — and the decisions that turned a colonial exodus into a humanitarian scramble. We meet Governor-General Hendrik Cornelis, who stayed until the end, and the airlift that ferried families to safety under the shadow of a collapsing administration. We explore the…
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