The South African Border War, also known as the Namibian War of Independence, and sometimes denoted in South Africa as the Angolan Bush War, was a largely asymmetric …

The South African Defence Force (SADF) (Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag) comprised the armed forces of South Africa from 1957 until 1994. Shortly before the state reconstituted itself …

Nov 22, 2022 · Between August 14, 1987 and March 23, 1988, the southeast of Angola saw a series of battles that collectively formed the largest conventional combat action on the African …

Mar 12, 2015 · The South African Defence Force (SADF) fought SWAPO insurgents inside Southwest Africa, and sometimes in southern Angola, largely with infantry units composed of …

This List of operations of the South African Border War details the military operations conducted by the South African Defence Force during the South African Border War: Operation …

May 30, 2015 · On 26 August 1966, elements of the SAP, SADF and South African Air Force (SAAF) attacked a known PLAN training base in the settlement of Omugulugwombashe, near …

Mar 22, 2016 · Between October 1987 and June 1988, in the fiercest conventional battles on African soil since Erwin Rommel was defeated at El Amien, the South African Defence Forces …

May 24, 2023 · The SADF in the Border War : 1966-1989 by Scholtz, Leopold. Publication date 2013 Topics South Africa. South African Defence Force -- History, South Africa -- Armed …

A Photographic Archive of South Africa's (SADF's) Border War in South West Africa's (SWA, now called Namibia) border with Angola.

May 30, 2011 · The SADF forces attacked Cuito with the massive 155mm G-5 guns and staged attack after attack led by the crack 61st mechanized battalion, 32 Buffalo battalion, and later …