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South African Border War; Part of the Cold War and decolonisation of Africa: Clockwise from top left: South African Marines stage for an operation in the Caprivi Strip, 1984; an SADF patrol searches the "Cutline" for PLAN insurgents; FAPLA MiG-21bis seized by the SADF in 1988; SADF armoured cars prepare to cross into Angola during Operation Savannah; UNTAG peacekeepers deploy prior to the 1989 ...
From Fledgling to Eagle. The South African Airforce During the Border War. 30 South Publishers (Pty) Ltd. ISBN 978-1-928359-07-4. Steenkamp, Willem (2016). South Africa's Border War 1966–1989. Tafelberg. ISBN 978-0-624-07690-2
1966 – 1990 South African Border War Maximum extent of South African and UNITA operations in Angola and Zambia during the South African Border War. 4 May 1978 Battle of Cassinga; 1975 – present Cabinda War; 1975 – 2002 Angolan Civil War. 27 May 1977 1977 Angolan coup attempt; 14 August 1987 – 23 March 1988 Battle of Cuito Cuanavale
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 objective of ...
South Africa. South West Africa; Bondelswarts: Government victory. Rebellion suppressed; 100 dead, 468 wounded (Bondelswarts) World War II (1939–1945) Soviet Union United States United Kingdom China France Poland Yugoslavia Greece Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Denmark Norway Czechoslovakia Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa
1940 – 1943 — With the outbreak of World War II, war arrives in Africa in 1940, with Italy joining the war, initially British forces in British Somaliland are defeated by the Italians coming from Italian East Africa and the territory is taken. However, by 1941, the British retake lost territory and take over Italian East Africa.
32 Battalion : the inside story of South Africa's elite fighting unit. Cape Town: Zebra Press. ISBN 1868729141. Steenkamp, Willem (1989). South Africa's border war, 1966-1989. Gibraltar: Ashanti Pub. ISBN 0620139676. Wilsworth, Clive (2010). First in, last out : the South African artillery in action 1975-1988. Johannesburg: 30 ĚŠSouth.
Operation Boswilger (English: Operation Bush Willow) was a military operation executed by the South West Africa Territorial Force in June 1985 during the South African Border War and Angolan Civil War. The SADF soldiers pursued SWAPO's, PLAN insurgents, who had attacked infrastructure, out of South West Africa/Namibia across the border into Angola.