STARTED Tue, 22 Aug 1978 ENDED Sat, 26 Aug 1978 LASTED 4 DAYS
Units that participated in Operation Revenge

EVENTS

Wednesday, 23 Aug 1978
On August 23, 1978, SWAPO’s Operation Revenge was executed on the SADF’s Sector 70HQ at Katima Mulilo at 01h15 in retaliation of the attack by the SADF on Cassinga on 4 May 1978. The standoff attack was launched from Zambia with 122mm missiles, 82mm and 60mm mortars. One of the 122mm missiles hit a dormitory of the SADF troops killing ten and wounding a further ten.

Operation Revenge

Namibia

A SWAPO operation / attack on the South African Defence Force (SADF) base at Katima Mulilo on August 23, 1978, in retaliation for the preceding South African Operation Reindeer. This response involved a bombardment of rockets launched from Zambia, which killed ten SADF soldiers, including one from a barracks hut. This event was seen by SWAPO as a means to avenge the casualties and propaganda damage caused by the controversial South African airborne assault on Cassinga,

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