THE TERRIBLE ONES: A COMPLETE HISTORY OF 32 BATALLION VOLUME 1 AND 2 BY PIET NORTJE

TWO HARDCOVER VOLUMES, CONTAINED IN A SLIP CASE. 1320 PAGES. 80 MAPS. 600 PHOTOGRAPHS. A MUST FOR COLLECTORS!

IT DESCRIBES IN DETAIL THE 117 DOCUMENTED MILITARY OPERATIONS THAT 32 BATTALION TOOK PART IN FROM 1976 TO 1993, EXPLAINING HOW THEY WERE PLANNED AND EXECUTED, AND ILLUSTRATING THEM WITH MAPS. IT ALSO PROVIDES PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS FROM FORMER 32 BATTALION MEMBERS AND THEIR ALLIES AND ENEMIES, VIVIDLY RECREATING THE EXPERIENCE OF WHAT HAPPENED ON THE GROUND.

PIET NORTJE WAS A MEMBER OF 32 BATTALION FOR A DECADE, BEFORE BEING TRANSFERRED. AFTER 27 YEARS SERVICE, HE RESIGNED FROM THE SANDF IN 2005 TO TAKE UP A MILITARY CONTRACT OFFICER POST IN THE UNITED EMIRATES ARMED FORCES, WHERE HE IS CURRENTLY SERVING AS A CAPTAIN.
 
Published: Zebra Press, CapeTown, 2012
 
About the book: 
The soldiers of 32 Battalion were so feared by their enemies that they were called 'Ops Terriveis'-'The Terrible Ones'. Founded in utmost secrecy from the vanquished remnants of an Angolan rebel movement, they were forged into a highly effective fighting machine that took on guerilla forces and conventional armies alike. Undefeated in 12 years of frontline battle, the 'Buffalo Soldiers' became the South African Army's best combat unit since World War II.

This comprehensive two-volume work chronicles the unit's explosive history. Starting in the early 1960s, it covers events in Angola that would eventually result in the formation of 32 Battalion, and it ends in the 2000s, when the soldiers of the unit unknowingly betrayed themselves.

Volume I : Half Title, Title, Dedication,  Contents, List of Maps, illustrations and diagrams, Preface and acknowledgements, Picture Credits, Abbreviations, Maps. xxx plus 569 pages text, with supporting illustrations, maps, images and data.

Volume II: Half Title, Title, Contents, List of maps, illustrations and diagrams, Abbreviations, Maps. xvi pages 571-1269 with supporting illustrations, maps, images and data.
 
CONDITION:
Jacket Condition: Mint
Binding Condition: Mint
Overall Condition: Mint

Size: 25 X 18cm with Slipcase

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