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Angolan / South African Border War

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  • SWAPO guerrillas during South African Border War. (South-West Africa, 1980s)

  • PLAN combatants arive at Ruacana border

  • South West Africa People’s Organization (SWAPO) troops in Angola use brush to camouflage a lorry carrying weapons and ammunition near the Namibian border. Detachments like these penetrate Namibian territory to engage South African forces.

  • A detachment of South West Africa People’s Organization(SWAPO) soldiers firing mortar rounds against South African forces operating in their homeland of Namibia across the Angolan border.

  • A detachment of South West Africa People’s Organization (SWAPO) soldiers mounting a mortar attack against South African forces operating across the border in Namibia.

  • PLAN combatants

  • Sam Nujoma and Peter Nanyemba observing PLAN combatants marching at a parade at THTC, near Lubango

  • PLAN Commander in Chief Sam Nujoma

  • SWAPO leaders with commanders of PLAN

  • FAP-DAA Angolan Mig-23

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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, Zambia, and Angola from 26 August 1966 to 21 March 1990

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