Aside from the famous cutting off hands because failing to meet the quota (realistically, it was to account for the expenditure of ammo because a lot was used for hunting instead of security) There was also rampant Cannibalism.
Though it has to be said that the Force Publique under Leopold II mainly existed out of former officers from European nations, including Belgium, Scandinavia, Italy and Switzerland, the regular soldiers were of ethnically mixed African soldiery.
Only after the Belgian goverment took over in 1908, they started to rely more on Belgian officers and native Congolese soldiers while the mercenaries were being phased out.
The only “wrong” thing is that ironically, Leopold II never set foot on the African continent. His entire rule over Congo was completely conducted through reports which he tried to burn in an attempt to hide the atrocities after they became an international scandal and he was forced to sell Congo Free State to the Belgian government
all but german
Yes, we’re actually the good guys, we just like things orderly. Its everyone else who is just being ungrateful and rude.
Well, can someone explain why the French are considered in this very kindly/lovely way ?
It’s lacking the Spanish; they are somewhat like the French, but rather than kissing, they implemented a full Kamasutra with the local female populus.
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The hell man? Wheres Portugal?
The Belgian one.
Aside from the famous cutting off hands because failing to meet the quota (realistically, it was to account for the expenditure of ammo because a lot was used for hunting instead of security) There was also rampant Cannibalism.
Though it has to be said that the Force Publique under Leopold II mainly existed out of former officers from European nations, including Belgium, Scandinavia, Italy and Switzerland, the regular soldiers were of ethnically mixed African soldiery.
Only after the Belgian goverment took over in 1908, they started to rely more on Belgian officers and native Congolese soldiers while the mercenaries were being phased out.
The only “wrong” thing is that ironically, Leopold II never set foot on the African continent. His entire rule over Congo was completely conducted through reports which he tried to burn in an attempt to hide the atrocities after they became an international scandal and he was forced to sell Congo Free State to the Belgian government
all but german
Yes, we’re actually the good guys, we just like things orderly. Its everyone else who is just being ungrateful and rude.
Well, can someone explain why the French are considered in this very kindly/lovely way ?
It’s lacking the Spanish; they are somewhat like the French, but rather than kissing, they implemented a full Kamasutra with the local female populus.
https://preview.redd.it/a0t5cw4ihewf1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f4408346a88a3f1055bc1b96786ce3d57a289278
It’s so funny to me that there are people who actually still care about this shit and fall for the 3rd worldist propaganda
[Source](https://dn720004.ca.archive.org/0/items/simplicissimus-magazine/Simplicissimus.%20Year%209.pdf) is Simplicissimus Magazine, 4 April, 1896
Italians: “we like building stuff”
add also a sprinkle of the french approach
What the french are doing is what we actually did.
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