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60 relations: African Union, Assault pioneer, Battle of Cuito Cuanavale, Burundi, Cape Town Highlanders Regiment, Cassinga, Ceasefire, Comoros, Cuito Cuanavale, Cuvelai, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Etosha National Park, Gemsbok, Grootfontein, Infantry, Lohatla, Mechanized infantry, Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23, MONUSCO, Namibia, Northern Cape, Ondjiva, Operation Askari, Operation Daisy, Operation Dolfyn, Operation Excite/Hilti, Operation Hooper, Operation Mebos, Operation Merlyn, Operation Moduler, Operation Protea, Operation Reindeer, Operation Savanna, Operation Savannah (Angola), Operation Sceptic, Otavi, Ovamboland, People's Liberation Army of Namibia, Project Phoenix (South Africa), Ratel IFV, Regiment de la Rey, Regiment Northern Transvaal, Riemvasmaak, RPG-7, Ruacana Power Station, South African Army, South African Army Infantry Formation, South African Border War, SWAPO, Tsumeb, ..., United Nations Security Council Resolution 435, United Nations Transition Assistance Group, Upington, Xangongo, Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army, 1 Special Service Battalion, 10 Armoured Squadron, 31 Battalion (SWATF), 61 Mechanised Battalion Group, 63 Mechanised Battalion Group. Expand index (10 more) »
African Union
The African Union (AU) is a continental union consisting of all 55 countries on the African continent, extending slightly into Asia via the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt.
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Assault pioneer
An Assault Pioneer is an infantry soldier who is responsible for.
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Battle of Cuito Cuanavale
The Battle of Cuito Cuanavale in 1987-88 was a crucial event of the Angolan Civil War and the South African Border War.
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Burundi
Burundi, officially the Republic of Burundi (Republika y'Uburundi,; République du Burundi, or), is a landlocked country in the African Great Lakes region of East Africa, bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west.
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Cape Town Highlanders Regiment
The Cape Town Highlanders Regiment is a mechanised infantry regiment of the South African Army.
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Cassinga
Cassinga or Kassinga is a town and commune in the municipality of Jamba, province of Huíla, Angola.
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Ceasefire
A ceasefire (or truce), also called cease fire, is a temporary stoppage of a war in which each side agrees with the other to suspend aggressive actions.
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Comoros
The Comoros (جزر القمر), officially the Union of the Comoros (Comorian: Udzima wa Komori, Union des Comores, الاتحاد القمري), is a sovereign archipelago island nation in the Indian Ocean located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel off the eastern coast of Africa between northeastern Mozambique and northwestern Madagascar.
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Cuito Cuanavale
Cuito Cuanavale is a town and municipality in Cuando Cubango (Kuando-Kubango) province in Angola.
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Cuvelai
Cuvelai is a town and municipality in Cunene Province in Angola.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (République démocratique du Congo), also known as DR Congo, the DRC, Congo-Kinshasa or simply the Congo, is a country located in Central Africa.
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Etosha National Park
Etosha National Park is a national park in northwestern Namibia.
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Gemsbok
The gemsbok, gemsbuck or South African oryx (Oryx gazella) is a large antelope in the genus Oryx.
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Grootfontein
Grootfontein (Large Spring after the nearby hot springs) is a city of 23,793 inhabitants in the Otjozondjupa Region of central Namibia.
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Infantry
Infantry is the branch of an army that engages in military combat on foot, distinguished from cavalry, artillery, and tank forces.
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Lohatla
Lohatla is a training area of the South African National Defence Force.
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Mechanized infantry
Mechanized infantry are infantry equipped with armored personnel carriers (APCs) or infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) for transport and combat (see also mechanized force).
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 (Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-23; NATO reporting name: Flogger) is a variable-geometry fighter aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau in the Soviet Union.
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MONUSCO
The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or MONUSCO, an acronym based on its French name, is a United Nations peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) which was established by the United Nations Security Council in resolutions 1279 (1999) and 1291 (2000) of the United Nations Security Council to monitor the peace process of the Second Congo War, though much of its focus subsequently turned to the Ituri conflict, the Kivu conflict and the Dongo conflict.
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Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia (German:; Republiek van Namibië), is a country in southern Africa whose western border is the Atlantic Ocean.
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Northern Cape
The Northern Cape (Noord-Kaap; Kapa Bokone) is the largest and most sparsely populated province of South Africa.
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Ondjiva
Ondjiva (formerly Pereira d'Eça or Vila Pereira de Eça) is a town and commune in the municipality of Cuanhama, province of Cunene, Angola.
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Operation Askari
Operation Askari was a military operation during 1983 in Angola by the South African Defence Force (SADF) during the South African Border War and Angolan Civil War.
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Operation Daisy
Operation Daisy was a military operation conducted from November 1–20, 1981 by the South African Defence Force and South West African Territorial Force (SWATF) in Angola during the South African Border War and Angolan Civil War.
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Operation Dolfyn
Operation Dolfyn (Operation Dolphin) was a military operation in Angola from May 1983 by the South African Defence Force (SADF) during the Angolan Civil War and South African Border War.
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Operation Excite/Hilti
Operation Excite/Hilti (aka Operation Hilti and Operation Prone)Wilsworth, Clive (2012).
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Operation Hooper
Operation Hooper was a military operation by the South African Defence Force (SADF) during the South African Border War.
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Operation Mebos
Operation Mebos occurred during July and August 1982 with the objective of attacking SWAPO's People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) bases and new regional headquarters in Southern Angola by the South African Defence Force (SADF) based in South West Africa/Namibia.
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Operation Merlyn
Operation Merlyn (aka The Nine Day War) was a military operation by the South African Defence Force (SADF), South West African Territorial Force (SWATF) and South West African Police (SWAPOL) during the South African Border War and Angolan Civil War in April 1989.
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Operation Moduler
Operation Moduler (sometimes incorrectly called "Modular") was a military operation by the South African Defence Force (SADF) during the South African Border War.
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Operation Protea
Operation Protea was a military operation during the South African Border War and Angolan Civil War in which South African Defence Forces (SADF) destroyed a number of South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) bases in Angola.
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Operation Reindeer
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 first being Operation Savannah.
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Operation Savanna
Operation Savanna (or Operation Savannah) was the first insertion of SOE trained Free French paratroops into German-occupied France during World War II.
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Operation Savannah (Angola)
Operation Savannah was the South African Defence Force's 1975–1976 covert intervention in the Angolan War of Independence, and the subsequent Angolan Civil War.
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Operation Sceptic
Operation Sceptic (June 1980) was the largest anti-South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) sweep during the South African Border War up to that point.
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Otavi
Otavi is a town of 4,000 inhabitants in the Otjozondjupa Region of central Namibia.
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Ovamboland
Ovamboland (also: Owamboland) is a region of Namibia.
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People's Liberation Army of Namibia
The People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) was the military wing of the South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO).
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Project Phoenix (South Africa)
Project Phoenix is an ongoing programme within the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) to revive its Reserve Force and bring it on a par with the Regular Force under a "One Force policy." The aim is to reach a point whereby members of the Reserve Force can be easily substituted for those of the Regular Force for combat operations, thus easing the requirement to sustain a large Regular Force.
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Ratel IFV
The Ratel is a South African infantry fighting vehicle.
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Regiment de la Rey
Regiment de la Rey (abbreviated to RDLR) is an infantry battalion of the South African Army.
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Regiment Northern Transvaal
Regiment Northern Transvaal is a reserve mechanised infantry unit of the South African Army.
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Riemvasmaak
Riemvasmaak is a settlement in ZF Mgcawu District Municipality in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.
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RPG-7
The RPG-7 (РПГ-7) is a portable, reusable, unguided, shoulder-launched, anti-tank rocket-propelled grenade launcher.
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Ruacana Power Station
The Ruacana Power Station is a hydroelectric power plant near Ruacana in northwest Namibia, close to the Angolan border.
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South African Army
The South African Army is the army of South Africa, first formed after the Union of South Africa was created in 1910.
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South African Army Infantry Formation
The South African Army Infantry Formation supervises all infantry within the South African Army.
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South African Border War
The South African Border War, also known as the Namibian War of Independence, and sometimes denoted in South Africa as the Angolan Bush War, was a largely asymmetric conflict that occurred in Namibia (then South West Africa), Zambia, and Angola from 26 August 1966 to 21 March 1990.
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SWAPO
SWAPO, formerly the South West African People's Organisation (Südwestafrikanische Volksorganisation, SWAVO; Suidwes-Afrikaanse Volk-Organisasie, SWAVO) and officially known as SWAPO Party of Namibia, is a political party and former independence movement in Namibia.
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Tsumeb
Tsumeb (Otjiherero name: Okavisume) is a city of 15,000 inhabitants and the largest town in Oshikoto region in northern Namibia.
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 435
United Nations Security Council Resolution 435, adopted on September 29, 1978, put forward proposals for a cease-fire and UN-supervised elections in South African-controlled South West Africa which ultimately led to the independence of Namibia.
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United Nations Transition Assistance Group
The United Nations Transition Assistance Group (UNTAG) was a United Nations (UN) peacekeeping force deployed from April 1989 to March 1990 in Namibia to monitor the peace process and elections there.
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Upington
Upington is a town founded in 1884 and located in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, on the banks of the Orange River.
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Xangongo
Xangongo is a town and commune in the municipality of Ombadja, province of Cunene, Angola.
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Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army
Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) was the military wing of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), a militant African nationalist organisation that participated in the Rhodesian Bush War against white minority rule of Rhodesia (modern Zimbabwe).
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1 Special Service Battalion
1 Special Service Battalion (usually abbreviated to 1SSB) is an armoured regiment of the South African Army and only one of two such in its regular force.
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10 Armoured Squadron
10 Armoured Car Squadron was a contingent of the South African Armoured Corps posted in Sector 10, South West Africa, during the South African Border War.
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31 Battalion (SWATF)
31 Battalion was a light infantry battalion in the South African Army and in later years became part of the SWATF.
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61 Mechanised Battalion Group
61 Mechanised Battalion Group was a unit of the South African Infantry Corps; although it was classed as mechanized infantry, it was a combined arms force consisting of infantry, armour and artillery.
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63 Mechanised Battalion Group
63 Mechanised Battalion Group was a unit of the South African Infantry Corps; although it was classed as mechanized infantry, it was a combined arms force consisting of infantry, armour and artillery.
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_South_African_Infantry_Battalion
