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Various Botswana (Bakwena, Batlokwa, Balete, Batswapong, and Bahurutshe) tribal warriors Voortrekkers: Victory: Operation Restore Hope (1992-1993) Two members of the Botswana Defense Force in Mogadishu, Somalia, January 1993. UNITAF Australia Bangladesh Belgium Botswana Canada Egypt Ethiopia France Germany Greece India Italy Kuwait Malaysia
The Botswana Defence Force (BDF, Tswana: Sesole Sa Botswana) is the military of Botswana.The main component of the BDF is the Botswana Ground Force; there is also an air wing and a riverine patrol contingent attached to the ground forces, with 10 Panther airboats and 2 Boston Whaler Raider class.
Unusually for an African military force, and chiefly attributable to its being founded after Botswana's independence, the Botswana Ground Force was not formed from colonial units formed by a colonising power, but rather were formed from the remains of the Botswana Mounted Police Unit, previously known as the Bechuanaland Mounted Police, a unit ...
The head of the U.S. military in Africa vigorously defended the country’s counterterrorism strategy on the continent and vowed to press forward with it despite a wave of criticism and a drift ...
Wars involving the Tswana people, the Bechuanaland Protectorate or modern Botswana (1966-). Pages in category "Wars involving Botswana" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
This is a list of conflicts in Africa arranged by country, both on the continent and associated islands, including wars between African nations, civil wars, and wars involving non-African nations that took place within Africa. It encompasses pre-colonial wars, colonial wars, wars of independence, secessionist and separatist conflicts, major ...
Anti-apartheid organisations such as the African National Congress used Botswana and other countries in Southern Africa as refuge. Despite Botswana's non-alignment policy, [a] the South African Defence Force as the military force of the apartheid government conducted several cross-border raids to attack South African anti-apartheid activists ...
Wars involving Botswana (4 P) Pages in category "Military history of Botswana" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent ...