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'''Operation Rekstok''' was a series of South African raids into southern [[Angola]] in March 1979 during the [[South African Border War]] and [[Angolan Civil War]]. Operating from [[Ovamboland]], SADF forces entered Angola and attacked [[SWAPO]] bases at Mongua, Oncocua, Henhombe and Heque. The [[SADF]] conducted Rekstok concurrently with [[Operation Safraan]] and later performed [[Operation Sceptic]]. |
'''Operation Rekstok''' was a series of South African raids into southern [[Angola]] in March 1979 during the [[South African Border War]] and [[Angolan Civil War]]. Operating from [[Ovamboland]], SADF forces entered Angola and attacked [[SWAPO]] bases at Mongua, Oncocua, Henhombe and Heque. The [[SADF]] conducted Rekstok concurrently with [[Operation Safraan]] and later performed [[Operation Sceptic]]. |
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Steenkamp, Willem. ''South Africa's Border War 1966 - 1989''. Ashanti Publishing, 1989. |
Steenkamp, Willem. ''South Africa's Border War 1966 - 1989''. Ashanti Publishing, 1989. |
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Operation Rekstok was a series of South African raids into southern Angola in March 1979 during the South African Border War and Angolan Civil War. Operating from Ovamboland, SADF forces entered Angola and attacked SWAPO bases at Mongua, Oncocua, Henhombe and Heque. The SADF conducted Rekstok concurrently with Operation Safraan and later performed Operation Sceptic.
Further reading
Steenkamp, Willem. South Africa's Border War 1966 - 1989. Ashanti Publishing, 1989.
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