32 Battalion: The Inside Story of South Africa's Elite Fighting UnitThe inside story of South Africa's most controversial fighting unit of the 1970s and 1980s. Originally formed in order to lend support to the FNLA and UNITA in the Angolan war, 32 Battalion quickly gained the reputation of being an unconventional, secretive, yet highly effective group. |
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32 Battalion: The Inside Story of South Africa's Elite Fighting Unit Piet Nortje Limited preview - 2010 |
32 Battalion: The Inside Story of South Africa's Elite Fighting Unit Piet Nortje No preview available - 2004 |
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32 Battalion 61 Mechanised Battalion 81-mm mortar aircraft ambush Angola anti-tank armoured cars artillery assault force attack Battle Group Beacon began bombardment Bravo Group Breytenbach Brigade Buffel bush Cahama Captain captured Cassinga Chana Charlie Company Colonel convoy Cuamato Cuban Cubango Cuito Cuanavale Cuito River Cuvelai Delta Company deployed deployment east Echo Company enemy FAPLA Ferreira FNLA Foxtrot Company Golf Company guerrilla gunships helicopter infantry Kavango killed kilometres launched Lomba machine gun March Mavinga Menongue military missile moved MPLA Nehone Omauni Ongiva opened fire Operation ordered Owamboland patrol Phola Park Pica Pau platoon Pomfret Portuguese position Ratel recce teams reconnaissance teams rifle companies River road rocket launchers Rundu SADF SADF's Savate soldiers South African South West Africa Special Forces SWAPO SWAPO base SWATF tactical headquarters tanks target Task Force Techipa Tetchamutete town troops Unimog unit UNITA vehicles Viljoen withdraw wounded Xangongo