Mad Mike’ was an officer and a gentleman ... “We only engage white mercenaries.” Mr. Hoare’s commercial soldiering began in 1961, when he traveled to Congo to fight for Moise Tshombe ...

Michael “Mad Mike” Hoare, one of the world’s best-known mercenaries, has died at the age of 100, his family has confirmed. A former accountant, Hoare gained fame – and inspired a movie ...

By Robert D. McFadden “Mad Mike” Hoare, in his trademark black beret, training mercenaries in Katanga province in 1964. The Richard Burton character in the movie “The Wild Geese” was ...

His mercenaries, while paid to fight ... His son Chris wrote a laudatory biography, “Mad Mike Hoare: The Legend” (2018), exploring the adventures of a man he called an officer and a gentleman ...

Mike Hoare, known universally by the moniker “Mad Mike”, was the mercenary whose ... in driving out the Simba rebels. Hoare’s mercenaries simultaneously and inadvertently became involved ...

Mike Hoare, one of Africa's best-known mercenaries who fought in the Democratic ... News Agency International by AFP Follow Nicknamed "Mad Mike", Hoare died on Sunday in South Africa where he ...

Zambesi Club “meres” are white Rhodesians and South Africans from Colonel “Mad Mike” Hoare’s Fifth Commando ... of Simba warriors. Other mercenaries include Sahara-scorched French ...

Michael “Mad Mike” Hoare, one of the world’s best-known mercenaries, has died at the age of 100, his family has confirmed. A former accountant, Hoare gained fame — and inspired a movie ...

Michael “Mad Mike” Hoare, one of the world’s best-known mercenaries, has died at the age of 100, his family has confirmed. A former accountant, Hoare gained fame — and inspired a movie ...