The battleground now shifts from East Africa towards Congo and the attempted secession of Katanga. At this time, Congo and its prime minister Patrice Lumumba faced decisions regarding involvement with both the United States and the Soviet Union. Both superpowers sought to secure their interests.
Unlike in East Africa, where the United States was more cautious in entering the conflict and providing support to one side, the Congo Crisis was a different scenario.

The battleground now shifts from East Africa towards Congo and the attempted secession of Katanga. At this time, Congo and its prime minister Patrice Lumumba faced decisions regarding involvement with both the United States and the Soviet Union. Both superpowers sought to secure their interests. Unlike in East Africa, where the United States was more cautious in entering the conflict and providing support to one side, the Congo Crisis was a different scenario.

&nbsp;The battleground now shifts from East Africa towards Congo and the attempted secession of Katanga. At this time, Congo and its prime minister Patrice Lumumba faced decisions regarding involvement with both the United States and the Soviet Union. Both superpowers sought to secure their interests.
Unlike in East Africa, where the United States was more cautious in entering the conflict and providing support to one side, the Congo Crisis was a different scenario.

Congo

A podcast following the development of the Cold War using original oral histories from the Association for Diplomatic Studies &amp; Training‘s Foreign Affairs Oral History archive. (https://adst.org)

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A podcast following the development of the Cold War using original oral histories from the Association for Diplomatic Studies & Training‘s Foreign Affairs Oral History archive. (https://adst.org)

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