Operation Azalee

Operation Azalee
Date	28 September – 3 October 1995
Location	Comoros
Result	French victory Bob Denard arrested;
Belligerents
France	Comoros
Commanders and leaders
Jacques Chirac; Charles Millon; Marc Monchal;	Bob Denard
Units involved
1st Marine Infantry Paratroopers Regiment; Commandos Marine; National Gendarmerie Intervention Group;	French mercenaries; Presidential guards;
Strength
600	~300
Casualties and losses
None	4 killed; 9 wounded;

Operation Azalee was an expedition staged by France – involving its armed forces and special forces – which took place in 1995 to remove the provisional government of the Comoros that was led and put into power by famed French mercenary Bob Denard.^[1]^[2]