South African Recces (Special Forces), 1987, taken before a large battle in Angola.

SADF Recce team with Puma pilots before deployment into Angola, 1980’s

4 Recce operators and Honoris Crux recipients J.J Potgieter & M. Christie Gavin

54Bn troops with their Buffel APCs

Cuban soldier in Angola photographed by Ernesto Fernandez Nogueras, 1982

Cuban soldiers jumping from an Mi-8 helicopter landing in Angola, 1982.

Soviet special forces (Spetsnaz) in Angola, 1985.

Soviet advisors with their Angolan (FAPLA) compatriots in the 1980’s

South African #Recce troops on the Quito river at a place called Mapupa, trying to recover an Angolan PT-76 during Operation Protea in 1981. They eventually destroyed it

Portuguese Commandos in Angola, during the Portuguese Colonial War which lasted 13 years (1961-1974)