Marc Goosens

Not to be confused with Marc Goossens.
Marc Goosens
BornBelgium
Died12 November 1968
Omoshita, Nigeria
AllegianceBelgium

Republic of the Congo Kingdom of Yemen

Republic of Biafra
Battles / warsCongo Crisis

North Yemen Civil War

Nigerian Civil War

Marc Goosens (died 12 November 1968) was a Belgian mercenary who fought in the Yemeni Civil War and served in the army of Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War. He was killed by Nigerian forces in Onitsha during Operation Hiroshima.

Life

Goosens served as an officer in the Belgian Army and was a military advisor to the Congolese government during the Congo Crisis.[1] During the civil war in Yemen, he and other Congo veterans trained royalist rebels.[2] He participated in the Nigerian Civil War under the command of fellow mercenary Rolf Steiner, and he was one of the many foreign mercenaries who committed themselves to Biafra, a secessionist country that declared independence from Nigeria.[3] During the unsuccessful attempt led by Welsh mercenary Taffy Williams to retake Onitsha from Nigerian forces, Goosens died after being shot in the liver.[4] Under the title Biafra: Final Mission, Paris Match, a dramatic photo series published by Gilles Caron on November 30, 1968 showed Biafran soldiers carrying the body of Goosens.[5] Goosens is one of the five fallen mercenaries to whom Frederick Forsyth dedicates his novel The Dogs of War.[6] Goosens is said to be the model for the character of the mercenary 'Tiny' Marc Vlaminck in Forsyth's novel.[7]

References

  1. ^ Peter Baxter: Biafra: The Nigerian Civil War 1967-1970, Helion & Company/30° South Publishers, Solihull/Pinetown 2014, S. 50
  2. ^ Anthony Mockler: The new mercenaries. Corgi Books, London 1986, ISBN 0-552-12558-X, S. 168
  3. ^ Frederick Forsyth: The Biafra Story. The Making of an African Legend. Barnsley, Yorkshire, England: Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2007, ISBN 978-1-84415-523-1, S. 112
  4. ^ Frederick Forsyth: Outsider. Die Autobiographie. C. Bertelsmann, München 2015, ISBN 978-3-570-10266-4, S. 259, Anthony Mockler: The new mercenaries. Corgi Books, London 1986, ISBN 0-552-12558-X, S. 179ff
  5. ^ "The real dogs of war — JEREMY DUNS". www.jeremy-duns.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-23.
  6. ^ Frederick Forsyth: Die Hunde des Krieges. Thriller. Piper, München 2001 (Erstausgabe ebd. 1974), ISBN 3-492-23127-6, S. 6
  7. ^ Anthony Mockler: The new mercenaries. Corgi Books, London 1986, ISBN 0-552-12558-X, S. 194

Literature

  • Frederick Forsyth: The Biafra Story. The Making of an African Legend. Barnsley, Yorkshire, England: Pen & Sword Books Ltd., 2007, ISBN 978-1-84415-523-1, S. 112–153
  • Frederick Forsyth: Outsider. Die Autobiographie. C. Bertelsmann, München 2015, ISBN 978-3-570-10266-4, S. 258–262
  • Anthony Mockler: The new mercenaries. Corgi Books, London 1986, ISBN 0-552-12558-X


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