A tribute to the SADF, the South African Defence Force: Memories of 1 South African Infantry Battalion (1988) When I was called up to the 1st South African Infantry Battalion in Bloemfontein in 1988 I, like many other politically disinformed white South African youths, never really questioned the reasons behind the call-up. I definitely was not aware of the fact that Fidel Castro was maintaining .... SADF Operations in Angola & South West Africa (South ... - Reddit: Great footage, I haven't seen it before, but from the R1 rifles and the P70 webbing the first part (heli-borne assault) is likely late 1970s showing one of SADF's mixed battalions (or SWATF's South West Africa Territorial Force) in a raid just above the Cutline (the border between Namibia/SWA and Angola)..

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Battle of Cuito Cuanavale 1988 | South African History Online: Following the battles at the Lomba River in November 1987, battles on 13 January and 14 and 15 February followed. On 23 March 1988 the SADF launched its last major attack on Cuito Cuanavale. The cuban forces: school of thought on the intentions and the outcomes of the battle. One school of thought (supported by the ANC, Cuba, other liberation .... The Military Defeat of the South Africans in Angola by Horace ...: In Angola in the spring of 1988 the armed forces of apartheid South Africa and the US-backed mercenaries of Jonas Savimbi were defeated by the combined force of the Cuban military, the Angolan army, and the military units of the liberation movements of South Africa and Namibia..

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South African Defence Force - Wikipedia: South African Defence Force. 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 as a republic in 1961, the former Union Defence Force was officially succeeded by the SADF, which was established by the Defence .... South African Defence Force (SADF) - South African History Online: The defence force was used in the first and second South African War of the 1870s and 1899 respectively, the 1914 Rebellion, both World Wars.

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In 1914, under British directive, South Africa occupied German South West Africa with 43 000 soldiers. After war was declared in 1939, South Africa dispatched 400 000 men, full-time and part-time.. South Africa's Military Presence - SA Military History: South Africa's Military Presence in South West Africa 1915-1980 By Wolfgang Reith, April 2020. Preface. In 2015 the author of this article published his book "The South African Territorial Forces (SWATF) 1980-1989".. Military history of South Africa - Wikipedia: The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is the name of the present-day armed forces of South Africa.

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The military as it exists today was created in 1994, following South Africa's first post- apartheid national elections and the adoption of a new constitution..

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