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    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...
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  • Savanna, a World War II Operation Operation Savannah (Angola), a South African military operation into Angola Savanna, a UK jazz/funk band featuring Orphy...
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    number of Combat Groups comprising South African and Angolan elements during Operation Savannah (Angola). Initially, only Combat Groups A and B were deployed...
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    The Cuban intervention in Angola (codenamed Operation Carlota) began on 5 November 1975, when Cuba sent combat troops in support of the communist-aligned...
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  • Operation Reindeer, which began on 4 May 1978, was South Africa's second major military operation in Angola, carried out under the Apartheid regime, the...
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    from Angola. Intelligence gained during Protea led to Operation Daisy in November 1981, the deepest SADF incursion into Angola since Operation Savannah. This...
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    People's Republic of Angola (Portuguese: República Popular de Angola) was the self-declared socialist state which governed Angola from its independence...
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    1970s, part of the Angolan Civil War and the South African Border War, including during Operation Savannah (1975-76), and Operation Sceptic (1980). The...
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    The Angolan Civil War (Portuguese: Guerra Civil Angolana) was a civil war in Angola, beginning in 1975 and continuing, with interludes, until 2002. The...
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  • War. It was closely linked with parallel efforts by South Africa (Operation Savannah) and Zaire. President Gerald Ford approved the program on July 18...
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    South Africans army would enter Angola to defend its interests in the facility and would develop into Operation Savannah to assist the FNLA and UNITA to...
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    the hot African climate. Thus, the Operation Savannah in 1975 saw the lightly armoured South African forces in Angola threatened by large formations of...
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  • Border War: Operation Savannah (1975) Operation Bruilof (1978) Operation Seiljag (1978) Operation Reindeer (1978) Operation Rekstok (1979) Operation Safraan...
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    Liberation of Angola (FAPLA) forces during Operation Savannah. Reports of PT-76 and T-34-85 tanks being fielded by FAPLA during the Angolan Civil War perturbed...
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  • beginning with their first operational deployment at the start of Operation Savannah (Angola).: 8 : 37/9  This was especially significant as the Operators...
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    forces in Angola during Operation Savannah. Development was completed in 1971. Valkiris played a key role in Operation Alpha Centauri and Operation Moduler...
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    Portuguese Colonial War (category 1960s in Angola)
    single conflict fought in the three separate Angolan, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambican theaters of operations, rather than a number of separate conflicts as...
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    involved in operations, and in 1975, just before Operation Savannah (Angola), SAS Johanna van der Merwe was deployed into Angolan waters under Operation Yskas...
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  • African Military Academy in 1972. He saw active service in Angola during Operation Savannah in 1975–76. Battery Commander at 14 Field Regiment, Chief Instructor...
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  • combating SWAPO insurgents in 1966, but intervention in Angola started in 1975 with Operation Savannah. "SA Roll of Honour: List of Wars". Justdone.co.za....
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  • protected villages. Savannah (1975–76) — South African intervention in Angola in support of the National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA). Carlota (1977)...
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    modern LHPLUS system applied on the C130. Until the beginning of Operation Savannah, in 1975, the unit had participated in scheduled training camps where...
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  • Course at the Defence College during 1989. He saw action in Angola during Operation Savannah in 1975–76 and throughout the South African Border War including...
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  • Kinghorn formed a sub-unit specialising in amphibious operations for use in Angola during Operation Savannah.: Ch2  It was formed at Salisbury Island, Durban...
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  • Commando in 1971. In 1975 Breytenbach led Operation Savannah, the SADF's covert intervention in the Angolan Civil War. The remnants of this group became...
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    Regiment took part in Operation Savannah (Angola) and provided the first troop of 25-pounders. It was involved from then on in most operations of the Border War...
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    Only the Cunene clasp was awarded, to members who served in Angola during Operation Savannah in 1975 and 1976. Recipients of the clasp wear a button, with...
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    |title= (help)CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) "Operation Savannah: the rumurs and the answers". 2015-10-13. Archived from the original...
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  • Battalion). Roxo was awarded the Honoris Crux for bravery during Operation Savannah for an action during the Battle of Bridge 14 at 11°03′00″S 15°04′56″E...
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    Libertação de Angola (MPLA) in the Angolan War of Independence in 1975, many troops of its main rival, the Frente Nacional de Libertação de Angola (National...
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