Add to ORKGOperation Savannah, in Angola, which lasted from October 1975 to March 1976, was the first big military operation in which armed forces from South Africa took part since World War II and the Korean War. The operation started with light armoured units, as well as elements of infantry and parachute troops. It quickly became apparent that this type of operation, conducted without the active support of the SAAF, would be doomed to failure on a grand scale. With this the foundation for cooperation between the ground forces and the airforce within the South African Defence Forces was cemented
The campaigns of the South African Air Force in Egypt. Cyrenaica, Libya, Tunisia, Tripolitania and M...
The eventual establishment of the Transvaal State Artillery in 1881 represents the culmination of se...
Secretaris-generaal van de NAVO Anders Fogh Rasmussen noemde Unified Protector één van de meest opme...
The clandestine military operations that the South African Air Force conducted in Angola and Rhodesi...
On 4 May 1978, the SADF launched a military attack on Cassinga, in the South of Angola, which was a ...
Die Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag (SAW) en die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisie (SAP) was betrokke in militêre konf...
South Africa's first military involvement in South West Africa took place during the early part of W...
Several international events contributed to the fact that the struggle for South West Africa was no...
April 1994 saw the birth of a truly democratic new Republic of South Africa; it also meant the found...
In September 1942,the third stage in Operation Stream-line-Jane, namely the occupation of the port c...
The previous articles in this series dealt firstly with the background to and occupation by Allied f...
The final phase of the history of Operation Savannah, the 1975–1976 South African military involveme...
• Summary: The objective of the South West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO) was to liberate S...
The year 1990 set in motion a train of political events that led to the Republic of South Africa’s f...
Since 1960, there was a growing international dispute about South Africa's mandate over South West A...
The campaigns of the South African Air Force in Egypt. Cyrenaica, Libya, Tunisia, Tripolitania and M...
The eventual establishment of the Transvaal State Artillery in 1881 represents the culmination of se...
Secretaris-generaal van de NAVO Anders Fogh Rasmussen noemde Unified Protector één van de meest opme...
The clandestine military operations that the South African Air Force conducted in Angola and Rhodesi...
On 4 May 1978, the SADF launched a military attack on Cassinga, in the South of Angola, which was a ...
Die Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag (SAW) en die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisie (SAP) was betrokke in militêre konf...
South Africa's first military involvement in South West Africa took place during the early part of W...
Several international events contributed to the fact that the struggle for South West Africa was no...
April 1994 saw the birth of a truly democratic new Republic of South Africa; it also meant the found...
In September 1942,the third stage in Operation Stream-line-Jane, namely the occupation of the port c...
The previous articles in this series dealt firstly with the background to and occupation by Allied f...
The final phase of the history of Operation Savannah, the 1975–1976 South African military involveme...
• Summary: The objective of the South West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO) was to liberate S...
The year 1990 set in motion a train of political events that led to the Republic of South Africa’s f...
Since 1960, there was a growing international dispute about South Africa's mandate over South West A...
The campaigns of the South African Air Force in Egypt. Cyrenaica, Libya, Tunisia, Tripolitania and M...
The eventual establishment of the Transvaal State Artillery in 1881 represents the culmination of se...
Secretaris-generaal van de NAVO Anders Fogh Rasmussen noemde Unified Protector één van de meest opme...