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Operation Boswilger

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670: 516:, to follow the insurgents even if they crossed back into Angola. Bases were attacked up to 40 km inside Angola. There was twenty-three contacts in the first day killing forty-three insurgents and thirteen contacts and another fourteen insurgents killed on the second day. The operation lasted two days before the SWATF withdrew back across the border to SWA. 740: 523:
would justify the operation to cross the border into Angola as the Angolan's had failed to prevent the incursions of SWAPO's insurgents into South West Africa/Namibian territory, as prescribed by the
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At the end of the operation, 56 PLAN insurgents had been killed with one dead from the SWATF with large amounts of weapons and ammunition captured. Later, South African Foreign Minister
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SADF base and a bomb was detonated at the Ongwediva Teachers Training College No one was injured in these attacks.
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insurgents, who had attacked infrastructure, out of South West Africa/Namibia across the border into Angola.
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On 28 June, PLAN insurgents entered South West Africa damaging a bridge between Epali and
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Mobility Conquers: The Story of 61 Mechanised Battalion Group 1978–2005
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Battles and operations of the South African Border War
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Index

South African Border War
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South African Border War
Blouwildebees
Alcora Exercise
Savannah
Quifangondo
Seiljag
Bruilof
Reindeer
Cassinga
Rekstok
Saffraan
Sceptic
Klipklop
Wishbone
Beanbag
Konyn
Protea
Daisy
Kerslig
Super
Mebos
Phoenix
Skerwe
Karton
Dolfyn
Klinker

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