The Siege of Jadotville

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Andrew T @RT26197345 Aug 17 The Siege of Jadotville tells exactly the kind of military story I love discovering: an incredible real battle that somehow went largely unrecognized for decades. A small company of Irish UN soldiers finds itself surrounded in the Congo by a vastly larger force, with limited support and almost no realistic way out. From there, the movie becomes a fantastic story of preparation, leadership, discipline, and soldiers using every advantage they have to survive. What makes it even better is knowing these were real men whose performance was overshadowed for years by politics and the circumstances surrounding their eventual surrender. The battle scenes are excellent, but the competence of the soldiers is what makes the movie satisfying. Outnumbered, isolated, and practically abandoned—yet extraordinarily difficult to defeat. A fantastic and seriously underrated war movie. See more shane o @Shanes_DVD_Shack Jan 20 Amazing true story of real life hero’s. Great movie well told story , great acting . A must see See more G W @Shellback90 Sep 26 One of the best war movies around! I had no idea about this story, a total injustice to these guys, total heroes! See more Rayyan S @RT29689173 08/23/2025 This movie was AMAZING I have seen so many idiots saying it was terrible because "full of unrealistic fighting ", "outnumbered 20-1 and still survived to tell the tale? Terrible writing" and "full of lies" What so many of them don't know is that this movie was actually pretty accurate. In real life the battle of jadotville the Irish only sustained 5 wounded and none dead out of 156, whilst the enemy sustained 300 dead and 1000+ wounded. The numbers vary depending on source but that is what I found. I LOVED this movie and would rate it 9.9/10. See more Lucas B @RT58778163 02/08/2025 Very bad movie, first 20 minutes they are setting the scene and literally the rest of the movie is just unrealistic fighting, outnumbered 20 to 1 yet still survived to tell the tale. The characters are also very cliche and one dimensional, it's extremely badly written. A complete waste of time. See more Tom S @RT47100268 11/29/2024 A lot of John Wayne posing & battle scenes were ridiculous with heads up & bullets whizzing outnumbered 20 to one & no one killed but the enemy scattered dead all over the battlefield. Stereotypically bad in every way. See more Read all reviews

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