Operation Protea 24 August 1981 including Yahoo, Daisy, Meebos 2, Phoenix & Dolfyn
Author: Compiled and edited by Willem Steenkamp
Publisher: 61 Mechanised Battalion Group Veterans Association
Edition: Edition details not stated
ISBN: 978-0-620-97717-3
Language: English
Condition: Excellent. Clean copy with tight binding and no markings.
Binding: Softcover
Pages:382. Print with images & maps
Additional Information
A narrative commemorating the 40th anniversary of 61 Mechanised Battalion Groups battle during 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. During the operation, which took place from 23 August to 4 September 1981, up to 5,000 SADF soldiers occupied Cunene province, Angola. Operation Protea was launched on 23 August 1981. Its objectives were to destroy the SWAPO command and training centre at Xangongo and its logistic bases at Xangongo and Ongiva.
Xangongo, was the headquarters of SWAPO's "north-western front" from where it directed SWAPO units operating primarily in the Kaokoland and in western and central Ovamboland. There were also other SWAPO bases, which were used as supply depots and training bases for SWAPO recruits, sited to the south and southeast of the town.
Ongiva, a town located less than fifty kilometres north of the Angola-South West Africa border, was an important SWAPO logistical and personnel centre which supported operations in central and eastern Ovamboland and in the Kavangoland.
Both Xangongo and Ongiva were key bases in supporting SWAPO's war effort in South West Africa, because of their location close to its border. Their destruction would undermine SWAPO's ability to conduct operations in their "north-western front" and also have a psychological impact by reinforcing the message to SWAPO that it no longer had the luxury of sanctuaries in southern Angola.
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