Operation Leopard
In May1978, communist guerillas from Angola attack the mining town of Kolwezi in Katanga, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo). The attackers capture hostages from the Belgian mining firm and the town's Blacks, shooting Europeans and Africans. Many Europeans being French, the French arrange a counterattack and dispatch a Foreign Legion Paratrooper Regiment. The film follows the stories of Delbart, a former non-commissioned officer about to return to France with his African wife and child, Damrémont, Delbart's replacement, Bia, a Zairian doctor, and Annie, an American married to a Belgian engineer, as well as Non com Legion officer Federico, the French Ambassador, and the Military Attaché.