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The Siege of Jadotville

The Irish army's forgotten battle

Rating 7.1 / 10Release September 19, 2016Runtime 108 min

Irish Commandant Pat Quinlan leads a stand off with troops against French and Belgian Mercenaries in the Congo during the early 1960s.

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