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Thomas Michael "Mad Mike" Hoare (17 March 1919 – 2 February 2020) was an Irish military officer and mercenary who fought during the Simba rebellion and was involved in carrying out the 1981 Seychelles coup d'état attempt.
Michael "Mad Mike" Hoare, widely considered the world's best known mercenary, has died aged 100. Born in India to Irish parents, he led campaigns in the Congo in the 1960s that...
Feb 15, 2020 · “Mad Mike” Hoare, who emerged as one of the best-known soldiers of fortune in Africa during the 1960s, has died in Durban, South Africa, aged 100.
If there is just one non-fiction book you read in the next year, make sure it is 'Mad Mike' Hoare: The Legend. Mike's son has meticulously captured the extraordinary life and times of Hoare Senior, now 99 and living in Durban.
Dec 23, 2020 · No one had any idea that “Mad Mike” Hoare had been a leader of mercenaries in central Africa, that he had dueled with Che Guevara in Congo, that his exploits had already inspired a Hollywood film.
Feb 3, 2020 · Mike Hoare, an Irish soldier of fortune who led white mercenary forces in civil wars in Congo in the 1960s and a ragtag band of commandos in a farcical aborted coup in the Seychelles in 1981,...
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Mad Mike Hoare himself called the drive the “most terrifying and harrowing experience of my life.” He finally confronted the Belgian colonel and demanded a stop until daylight. The convoy halted at 3 am, 60 miles from Stanleyville.
