L'armée populaire nationale congolaise, 1960-1985 : fondements, stratégie, alliances

Congolese national popular army, 1960-1985. Foundations, strategy, alliances

• Auteur / Autrice : François Douniama
• Direction : André Martel
• Type : Thèse de doctorat
• Discipline(s) : Histoire militaire
• Date : Soutenance en 1992
• Etablissement(s) : Montpellier 3

Résumé

Le congo, membre de l'empire colonial francais et de la communaute franco-africaine accedait a l'independance le 15 aout 1960. C'est dans l'evolution de la politique coloniale francaise que l'armee populaire nationale congolaise trouve ses fondements politiques et institutionnels. Au lendemain de la deuxieme guerre mondiale, la politique militaire francaise subissait de profondes modifications qui ont aboutit a la mise sur pied d'armees nationales africaines. Donc l'accession aux souverainetes nationales s'est accompagnee de la formation d'entites militaires. Leur role etait d'assurer par les armes la defense des attributs de l'etat: independance, souverainete, inte grite territoriale, ordre publique. . . Nonobstant, l'armee populaire nationale, issue des forces armees congolaises, elles-memes issues des troupes coloniales francaises stationnees a brazzaville devenait au lendemain de la revolution congolaise des 13, 14 et 15 aout 1963 une armee qui administrait, eduquait, encadrait et defrichait. Consequence logique du changement d'orientation politique nationale qui entraina en 1966 une reorganisation militaire inspiree du systeme des armees des pays de l'est.

Congo, a member of the french colonial empire and of the francoafrican community, won her independance on the 15th of august 1960. It is in the evolution of the french colonial policy that the national popular army got his political and institutional foundations. At the second world war, the french military policy was undergoing profound modifications, which themselves ended in the setting up of the national african armies. Therefor, the accession to the national sovereignty was accompanied by the formation of military entities. Their role was to secure, by means of arms, the defense of the attributes of the independent state: sovereignty, territorial integrity, public order. . . Notwithstunding, the national popular army, which sprung up from the congolese armed forces, which themselves stemmed up from the french colonial troops, stationed at brazzaville an became soon after the congolese revolution, on the 13th, 14th and 15th of august 1963, an army which administered, educated, guided and did pioneer work. The logical consequence of the change in the national political orientation, which brought about in 1966 a military reorganisation. . .