Swedish Major Eric Bonde smokes a cigarette after being ambushed and shot twice, Congo, 1961
Swedish Major Eric Bonde smokes a cigarette after being ambushed and shot twice, Congo, 1961 Major Eric Bonde was part of the Swedish UN mission to Congo during the Congo Crisis. He was probably shot by Baluba warriors that time used a lot of old muzzle loaded rifles/muskets (not as powerful as more modern rifles). After given first aid he returned to the fight against the invisible enemy in the jungle bush. During Congo Crisis, the Secretary-General to the UN was the Swedish diplomat Dag Hammar skjöld, who was very highly respected both in Sweden and in the international community (among others, JFK and Eisenhower often praised him). Thus Sweden took a particular interest in the conflict Hammarskjöld worked so tirelessly to end. From 1960 to 1964, the Swedish Army sent a total of nine battalions to Congo. In the initial stage of the crisis, when whites in the Congo became targets during the riots, Dag Hammarskjöld assessed that it was important that there were white UN troops in the