Rolf Steiner
Rolf Steiner | |
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Steiner in 2013 | |
| Born | 3 January 1933 Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
| Allegiance | France Organisation armée secrète Biafra Anyanya |
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Rolf Steiner (born 3 January 1933) is a German retired mercenary. He began his military career as a French Foreign Legion paratrooper and saw combat in Vietnam, Egypt, and Algeria. Steiner rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel commanding the 4th Commando Brigade in the Biafran Army during the Nigerian Civil War, and later fought with the Anyanya rebels in southern Sudan.