Striking Inside Angola With 32 Battalion
Helion and Company · Paperback · May 19, 2012
Join 'The Terrible Ones' on clandestine operations and in conventional warfare during the harsh bush war that raged through southern Angola in the 1980s.
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- Who it’s for
- A Signals Officer’s eyewitness account of 32 Battalion’s 1983 operations in southern Angola.
- Genres
- Special Forces History, Guerrilla Warfare, South Africa History
- Published
- Helion and Company, May 19, 2012
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Join 'The Terrible Ones' on clandestine operations and in conventional warfare during the harsh bush war that raged through southern Angola in the 1980s. The conflict ended with the last major battle of the Cold War, one of the largest land battles of the latter part of the 20th century.
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This book presents an eyewitness account by a South African Defense Force (SADF) Signals Officer, Marius Scheepers, who served in arguably the most formidable battle unit that ever existed in the history of the South African Defense Force: 32 Battalion. It describes how members lived and fought in the bush during 1983 under the most difficult conditions. Being the Signals Officer of 32 Battalion, Scheepers was privy to all major command decisions of the time. Although he focuses primarily on operations during the year 1983, including Operations Snoek and Dolfyn, he includes concise descriptions of all other major operations that took place inside Angola between 1966 and 1988, including Operation Askari (1983/84) and the decisive battle at Cuito Cuanavale in 1987/88. Extensive appendices include 32 Battalion sitreps, radio-code cards, SADF radio equipment used by 32 Battalion and details on SADF, SAAF and SWAPO.
32 Battalion in Angola
A Signals Officer’s eyewitness account of 32 Battalion’s 1983 operations in southern Angola.
Come here for
- An eyewitness Signals Officer’s account of 32 Battalion in Angola, 1983
- Coverage of Operations Snoek and Dolfyn
Expect
- Concise descriptions of major operations in Angola from 1966 to 1988
- Appendices on battalion sitreps, radio codes, equipment, and forces
Where it sits
| Special Forces History | 39% |
|---|---|
| South Africa History | 34% |
| Guerrilla Warfare | 23% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- History
- Politics & Government
- Authors
- Marius Scheepers
- Publisher
- Helion and Company
- Published
- May 19, 2012
- Format
- Paperback
- Reading lane
- History