Operation Leopard
In May 1978, a group of communist guerillas from nearby Angola attack the mining town of Kolwezi in Katanga, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly Belgian Congo). The invaders take the Europeans who work for the Belgian mining company and the Africans who live in the town as hostages. They then start shooting people, both Europeans and Africans. Since many of the Europeans were French, the French decided to plan a counterattack and send a Paratrooper Regiment from the Foreign Legion. The movie tells the stories of Delbart, a former non-commissioned officer who was about to go back to France with his African wife and child, Damrémont, who was Delbart's replacement, Bia, a Zairian doctor, Annie, an American who is married to a Belgian engineer, Non com Legion officer Federico, the French Ambassador, and the Military Attaché.