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Neall "Nellis" Ellis: The Man who Liberated Sierra Leone by Himself; Purely Out of Spite.

File: 1494481121102.jpg (83 KB, 546x768) I Neall "Nellis" Ellis: the man who defeated an African rebel army out of spite Anonymous (ID: qWBIMZCd ) E 05/11/17(Thu)14:43:48 No. 125043535 E >125044481 >>125045204 >>125047768 >>125048089 >>125048313 >>125048461 >>125048686 >>125050229 >>125051092 >>125057215 >>125057346 >>125057474 >>125057934 >>125061542 >>125072001 >125072435 >125075920 >Bom 1949 in South Africa >Fights in Rhodesian Bush War >Joins South African Army >Learns to fly attack helicopters >Masters the MI-24 HIND >Apartheid ends >Can't serve in SAAF anymore because white devil >Acquires a HIND of his own >Becomes mercenary >"Have gunship, will travel." >Gatling-guns his way throughout the dark continent. >Almost all African communist and anti-westem groups put a price on his head. >Fights the Congo War. >Year 2000 >Hired by Sierra Leone >RUF rebel army surrounds SL's capital, Freetown >It's nighttime so the helos can't fly. >Sierra Leone army virtually overrun. >Civil government prepares to capitulate. >Fall of Saigon tier chaos begins to erupt. >Ellis isn't having and fires up his HIND, which was not otherwise equipped for night combat. >Copilot refuses to fly with him in apparent suicide mission. >Single-handedly holds off rebel amy throughout the night. >Helicopter breaks down >Rebels finally take Freetown after losing 2,500 men to one helicopter. >Ellis gets his HIND repaired and narrowly escapes Anonymous (ID: qWBIMZCd ) I 05/11/17(Thu)14:44:25 No.125043579 >125044375 >125044481 >>125047768 >>125048089 >125048686 >>125048986 >>125056468 >>125056765 >>125057934 >>125068015 >125075920 File: 1494481081439 jpg (168 KB, 1280x836) >SL can't pay him anymore because they've basically lost the war >Ellis stays in SL anyway, paying his own way, with goal of retaking Freetown out of spite. >Fights alone for two years. >Doesn't have much ammo for a lot of this period, resorts to knocking over RUF vehicles with his rotor wash and crushing rebel soldiers with the helicopter itself. >RUF sends him this message "If we ever catch you, we'll cut your heart out and eat it." >Ellis responds by flying over their encampments dropping leaflets that read: >"RUF: This time we've dropped leaflets. Next time it will be a half-inch Gatling machine gun, or 57 mm rockets, or 23 mm guns, or 30 mm grenades, or ALL OF THEM!" >Their small arms can't penetrate his helo so he just hovers there, mocking them as they collect and read the leaflets. >Nevertheless, he does fear being shot down or forced to land by engine failure so he stockpiles 20+ guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition in the troop bay of the HIND as well as provisions for a long time in the bush. >Plans to fight one man guerilla war if he loses the chopper. >Finds a reliable arms dealer to buy rockets and cannon ammo from, makes good on his promise to come back with real ordnance. >Succeeds in damaging rebels so hard that the British and SL govemments offer him formal backing and ground troops. >Retakes Freetown and grinds the RUF into the dirt. >Fights for NATO during invasion of Iraq. >Currently rumored to be fighting ISIS at the age of 67.
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Yes, what you've (hopefully) just read is 100% real.

Modern Day African history and current affairs is some of the most mind-bogglingly awesome, and soul-crushingly depressing shit (Content NSFW), you can ever read.

Be prepared for massive feels before you start digging into it. The link above made me very angry at Nigerians for a good few days after reading it.

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