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By Johan Schoeman on
2011/11/18 11:52 AM
October, 1981 — Southern Angola
SWAPO had suffered heavy losses during Operation Carnation and Operation Protea which were executed in the western and southern theatres of Southern Angola. Because of this, the situation was as follows:
· The North-Eastern Front (NEF) was cut off from the rest of the SWAPO forces.
· The Northern Front (NF) Headquarters had dispersed and the guerrillas had fled in the direction of the command post.
· The morale of SWAPO was low due to the disruption and an acute shortage of food supplies.
· A battalion SWAPO guerrillas had arrived at the command post in order to lay ambushes towards the south as protection.
FAPLA forces had withdrawn towards the north to join units further north. They were busy with reconnaissance tasks in order to reoccupy towns in Southern Angola.
The on-going process of intelligence-gathering after Protea indicated to the South Africans that SWAPO had moved their command post to a position in thick bush northeast...
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By Johan Schoeman on
2011/04/20 05:12 PM
Angola had strong Soviet and Cuban backing, and supported SWAPO/PLAN to the extend of providing assistance to the insurgents, co-locating Angolan troops in PLAN base camps in order to help protect them from South African aggression. The continued support to PLAN incursions prompted another strike by the SADF into southern Angola in 1980. This was Operation Sceptic, launched on 25 May, targeting the extensive 'Smokeshell' complex and several other base camps in Cunene province just north of the border.
This is a small gallery of about 20 exclusive photos taken by Kobus Nortje during the operation.
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By Johan Schoeman on
2011/02/26 02:22 AM
Members of this WarBlog will be able to view this collection of 99 EXCLUSIVE slides have been provided to War In Angola by Jaco van Zyl and comprises of snapshots taken during Operation Protea in August 1981, mostly of Combat Group 20 and their attack on Xangongo and Ongiva...
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