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Operation Safraan
Part of the South African Border War
Location
Zambia

Operation Saffraan is located in Zambia
Siabalengu
Siabalengu
Operation Saffraan (Zambia)
TargetVarious PLAN bases
DateMarch 1979
duration 5 weeks

Operation Safraan (Template:Lang-en) was a series of South African Defence Force raids from the Caprivi Strip area during the South African Border War. On August 23, 1978, PLAN and the Zambian army shelled the small South African garrison town Katimo Mulilo in eastern Caprivi (Namibia). In March 1979, South African forces entered south-western Zambia attacking PLAN bases in retaliation for the shelling of Katimo Mulilo.[1]: 86  These bases were around Sinjembele and the Njinje forest,[2]: Chpt4  were found to have been vacated but the facilities were destroyed disrupting future border infiltrations.[1]: 86  The raid into Zambia resulted in SWAPO being asked to leave the country.[2]: Chpt4  Conducted on 7 March 1979 concurrently with Operation Rekstok; it followed Operation Reindeer and preceded Operation Sceptic.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Steenkamp, Willem (1989). South Africa's border war, 1966-1989. Gibraltar: Ashanti Pub. ISBN 0620139676.
  2. ^ a b Hamann, Hilton (2007). Days Of The Generals: The Untold Story of South Africas Apartheid-era Military Generals. Struik Publishers. ISBN 1868723402.

Further reading

  • Steenkamp, Willem (1989). South Africa's border war, 1966-1989. Gibraltar: Ashanti Pub. ISBN 0620139676.
  • Hamann, Hilton (2001). Days of the generals (1st ed.). Cape Town: Zebra. ISBN 978-1868723409.
  • Nothling, CD (Col.). Kort Kroniek van Militêre Operasies en Optredes in Suidwes-Afrika en Angola (1914-1988). Scientia Militaria, South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 19, Nr 2, 1989.

Preceded by Battles and operations of the South African Border War
March 1979
Succeeded by
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