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Bokassa I

ALSO APPEARS AS

Bokassa I

APPEARS IN THE MARGINS OF

ACTIVE
Operation Caban: French Coup in Central African Empire (1979)
Operation Caban was a military operation launched by the French intelligence service SDECE in September 1979 to depose Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African Empire. The operation, described as bloo…
ACTIVE
Operation Caban: French Involvement Minimization in Official Narratives
Operation Caban, a bloodless military operation in September 1979, involved the French intelligence service SDECE in deposing Emperor Bokassa I and reinstating David Dacko as president of the Central …