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- Hoare and his mixed group managed to save many lives. During this time, Hoare had given his unit the nickname “The Wild Geese,” and they became internationally famous. This name became the title of a film released in 1978, starring Richard Burton as Colonel Allen Faulkner, a character modeled on Mike Hoare.
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The film is named after the Wild Goose flag and shoulder patch used by Michael "Mad Mike" Hoare's Five Commando, ANC, which in turn was inspired by a 20th-century Irish mercenary army Wild Geese. Carney's novel was subsequently published by Corgi Books under the film's title.
Due to his pride in his Irish heritage, Hoare adopted a flying goose as the symbol of 5 Commando and called his men the Wild Geese after the famous Irish soldiers who fought for the Stuarts in exile during the 17th and 18th centuries. [6]
The communists had to be stopped, no matter the cost. But why? The answer is fascinating, and it's in my book. Here's a clue: it begins with a C, and it's not copper. Mike dubbed his men, who only ever numbered around 300 volunteers, the Wild Geese.
The Wild Geese. A British banker hires a former British Army colonel turned mercenary to parachute into Africa with his team and rescue a deposed president of a southern African nation from the hands of a corrupt dictator.
- (14K)
- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Andrew V. McLaglen
- 1978-11-11
Feb 11, 2020 · “Mad Mike” Hoare, the most-notorious mercenary leader of the Cold War, died on February 2nd, at age 100. Best known for leading his “Wild Geese” through the turmoil of post-independence Africa—where he served various paymasters, including the CIA—Hoare was a pitiless killer who cultivated a swashbuckling public image.
Hoare was an anti-communist and when an East German journalist described him as “that mad bloodhound Hoare” he relished the description and encouraged reporters to call him “Mad Mike.”
