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The Simba Rebellion was a 1964 rebellion in Congo-Léopoldville (the modern Democratic Republic of Congo) which began as a result of alleged abuses by the Congolese central government. It formed part of the turbulent history of the country in the first half of the 1960s and was contemporary with another uprising, the Kwilu Rebellion led by Pierre Mulele, in the central Congo.

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  • The Simba Rebellion was a 1964 rebellion in Congo-Léopoldville (the modern Democratic Republic of Congo) which began as a result of alleged abuses by the Congolese central government. It formed part of the turbulent history of the country in the first half of the 1960s and was contemporary with another uprising, the Kwilu Rebellion led by Pierre Mulele, in the central Congo.
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  • Simba Rebellion
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  • Congo-Léopoldville
  • Simba rebels
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  • Tanganyika
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  • a. Tanganyika becameTanzaniain April 1964 following its incorporation ofZanzibar.
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  • Rebellion defeated
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  • 350 paratroopers
  • 5 C-130 transport aircraft
  • 1,500~, 500 mercenaries
  • 200 Cuban and Soviet advisors
  • 3,500 Simba militia
  • 6,000 Simba rebels
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