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7 killed [ 6] Operation Savannah was the South African code name for their military incursion into Angola in 1975–1976. It was part of the South African Border War and arose due to the Angolan War of Independence. The operation also materially influenced the subsequent Angolan Civil War. South African forces invaded deep into Angola with the ...
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 conflict that occurred in Namibia (then South West Africa ), Zambia, and Angola from 26 August 1966 to 21 March 1990. It was fought between the South African Defence Force (SADF ...
The South African Defence Force deployed a number of Combat Groups comprising South African and Angolan elements during Operation Savannah (Angola). Initially, only Combat Groups A and B were deployed, with the remaining groups being mobilised and deployed into Angola later in the campaign. There has been much dispute the overall size of Task ...
13–21 May 1985. Executed by. 4 Reconnaissance Regiment. Outcome. Angolan victory. Casualties. 1. Operation Argon (sometimes denoted simply as Operation Cabinda) was an unsuccessful military operation carried out by South African special forces in May 1985 with the objective of destroying six fuel storage tanks at Malongo in Angola 's Cabinda ...
Operation Protea (1981) Operation Daisy (1981) Operation Kerslig (1981) Operation Rekstok III SAAF Operation (March 1982) Operation Super (1982) Operation Meebos (1982) Operation Bravo (Angola) SAAF Operation (October 1982) Operation Maanskyn SAAF Operation (1983) Operation Drama (1983)
1–20 November 1981. Operation Daisy was a military operation conducted from November 1–20, 1981 by the South African Defence Force and South West African Territorial Force (SWATF) in Angola during the South African Border War and Angolan Civil War. This conflict was sparked when the South African Defence Force decided to try to halt the ...
1,000 killed. 200 captured. Operation Reindeer, which began on 4 May 1978, was South Africa 's second major military operation in Angola, carried out under the Apartheid regime, the first being Operation Savannah . The South African operation consisted of an assault by 2 South African Infantry Battalion on two South West Africa People's ...
Operation Askari, launched on 6 December 1983, was the SADF's sixth large-scale cross-border operation into Angola and was intended to disrupt the logistical support and command & control capabilities of People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) the military wing of the South West Africa People's Organisation SWAPO, in order to suppress a large-scale incursion into South West Africa that was ...