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Buy South Africas Bush War South Africa`s Border War, First Edition ! 1966-1989 by Willem Steenkamp for R400.00

Buy The Last Hot Battle Of The Cold War: South Africa vs. Cuba in the Angolan Civil War - Peter P... for R300.00

Second World War South Africa "On Service – Op Diens" Badge 15 851 With ribbon

  Second World War South Africa "On Service – Op Diens" Badge 15 873 With Ribbon

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As the Soviet Union teetered on the edge of collapse during the late 1980s, and America prepared to claim its victory, a bloody war still raged in Southern Africa, where proxy forces from both sides vied for control of Angola. The result was the largest battle on the dark continent since Al Alamein, with forces from both sides paying in blood what U.S.-Soviet diplomats were otherwise spending in diplomacy. The socialist government of Angola and its army, FAPLA, fully stocked with Soviet weapons, had only to wipe out a massive resistance group, UNITA, secretly supplied by the U.S, in order to claim full sovereignty over the country. A giant FAPLA offensive so threatened to succeed in overcoming UNITA that apartheid-era South Africa stepped in to protect its own interests. The white army crossing the border prompted the Angolan government to call on their own foreign reinforcementsthe army of Communist Cubas. Thus began the epic battle of Cuito Cuanavale, largely unknown in the U.S., but which raged for three months in the entirely odd match-up of South African Boers vs. Castros armed forces, which for the first time in the Cold War proved what it could achieve. And it turned out the Cubans were very good. The South Africans were no slouches at warfare themselves, but had suffered under a boycott of weapons since 1977. The Cubans and Angolan troops, instead, had the latest Soviet weapons, easily delivered. But UNITA had its secret U.S. supply line and the South Africans knew how to fight, mainly at a disadvantage in air power for lack of spare parts. Meantime the Cubans overcame their logistic difficulties with an impressive airlift of troops over the Atlantic, while the Boers simply needed to drive next door. As a case study of ferocious fighting between East and Westalbeit proxies for the great powers on all sidesthis book unveils a remarkable episode of the end-game of the Cold War largely unknown to the public. The Angolans on both sides suffered heavily, but it was the apartheid South Africans versus Castros armed forces that provides utter fascination in one of historys rare match-ups. Paperback / 232 pages 54 b/w photos Published December 2013  

 Anglo Boere War double clasp in silver South Africa 1901 and Cape Colony.Good condition

  South Africa - 2001 - Anglo Boer War comm - set of 2 mint unhinged. SACC-1432-1433.

South Africa In World War 11 By Joel Mervis, published in ?, 98 pages, large softcover, slight scuffing to cover otherwise all good.  

South Africa in World War II, A Pictorial History - John Keene (editor) Human & Roussea, . Condition: Good.      

War in Africa By: A. J. Venter A first edition hardcover published by Human & Rousseau in 1973 Red cover boards with white writing to the spine, binding is tight & strong, gift inscription to Commandant Dawber of Bluff Commando on the front flyleaf, dustjacket is complete but with rub nick & tear to spine & bookends Packaging and Postage within South Africa R50.00 Overseas Customers can contact us for a Postal Quotation

SOUTH AFRICA IN WORLD WAR 11 EDITOR JOHN KEENE PUBLISHER HUMAN AND ROUSSEAU  BOOK CONDITION HARDCOVER 208 PAGES BOOK IS CLEAN AND IN GOOD CONDITION  DUST JACKET GOOD  JUST MINOR CREASES FORMAT A PHOTOGRAPHIC REVIEW OF SOUTH  AFRICA IN WORLD WAR 11  

South Africa's Border War 1966 - 1989, By Willem Steenkamp, Published by Ashanti 1989, large hard cover, tear on the top (see images) and corners otherwise in good condition, illustrated, 256 pages.  

South Africa's Border War 1966-1989 By Willem Steenkamp, Published by Ashanti 1989, large glossy hard cover, lots of photos, good clean condition, 256 pages.