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Operation Bruilof
Operation Bruilof
Operation Bruilof (English: Operation Wedding) was a planned military operation in 1978 by the South African
Defence Force during the South African Border War and Angolan Civil War.
3.1 Background
The operation was planned for May 1978, to be conducted by 61 Mechanised Infantry Battalion Group and paratroops.[1]:74
This was to be the first mechanised force to be deployed by the South African forces during the war and consisted of
the then new Ratel Infantry Fighting Vehicles as well as Eland Armoured Cars.
The plan called for the SADF to cross the South-West Africa-Angola border, with the battle group attacking and
destroying six South-West Africa People’s Organisation bases around Chetequera before withdrawing.[1]:74
The plan was eventually abandoned and merged into what became Operation Reindeer planned for the 4 May.[1]:74
3.2 Further reading
• Steenkamp, Willem (1989). South Africa’s border war, 1966-1989. Gibraltar: Ashanti Pub. ISBN 0620139676.
3.3 References
[1] Steenkamp, Willem (1989). South Africa’s border war, 1966-1989. Gibraltar: Ashanti Pub. ISBN 0620139676.
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