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OPERATION PROTEA - Willem Steenkamp

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This is the second volume of the 61 Mechanised Battalion Group’s project to increase the accessibility of former members to specific episodes in the regiment’s history. It deals mainly with 1981’s Operation Protea, but also covers the other related operations which took place in that time-frame – Daisy, Yahoo, Meebos 2, Phoenix and Dolfyn. As with the first book in...

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The Story of KLOPPIES: A South African Recce Operator - Peet Coetzee

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This book pays homage to the adventurous life of a RECCE Operator - AO1 “Kloppies” Kloppers HC MMM. The book describes events from his youth and his successful attempt to pass the demanding selection phase as a Special Forces RECCE operator to qualify. Several cross-border operations have been carried out that include countries such as Angola, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), Botswana, Mozambique...

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SPECIAL FORCES: The Men Speak - Jonathan Pittaway & Douw Steyn

R 950.00

True to the nature of Special Forces, the South African Recces started small but had a big impact. This iconic group went on to gain international renown as one of the world’s finest, focusing on counter-insurgency, strategic reconnaissance, sabotage and direct action. SASF SPECIAL FORCES provides a comprehensive account of the origins and history of this famous group as told...

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War of Intervention in Angola - Volume 4: Angolan and Cuban Air Forces, 1985-1987

R 395.00

AFRICA@WAR SERIES: VOLUME 54 WAR OF INTERVENTION IN ANGOLA VOLUME 4: Angolan and Cuban Air Forces, 1985-1987 - Tom Cooper, Adrien Fontanellaz, Jose Augusto Matos War of Intervention in Angola, Volume 4, continues the coverage of the operational history of the Angolan Air Force and Air Defence Force (FAPA/DAA) as told by Angolan and Cuban sources, in the period 1985-1987. Many accounts...

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History Of The Umvoti Mounted Rifles (1864 - 2004) - Mark Coghlan

R 350.00

It is May 1983. The UMR is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its Headquarters, the UMR Hall, in Greytown. A medal parade, civic dinner and a number of other events are on the programme. The members of the Unit are upbeat and enthusiastic and look forward to all the activities. There is an officers meeting in the old UMR Hall. On...

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THE CIA AND BRITISH MERCENARIES IN ANGOLA, 1975-1976

R 395.00

AFRICA@WAR SERIES: VOLUME 53 THE CIA AND BRITISH MERCENARIES IN ANGOLA, 1975-1976 - Stephen Rookes The 1974 Carnation Revolution came as a blessing for independence movements in Portugal's African colonies: Angola, Mozambique and Portuguese Guinea. As had been the case in a number of sub-Saharan countries suddenly finding themselves free of the colonial yoke, the political vacuum left behind by a...

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Curly’s Story - Hugh Gurnell

R 375.00

This book tells the story of the author’s three contracts as a mercenary in the ‘64-‘65 Congo conflict. It is a vivid account of his personal experiences, from his first contract as a raw recruit to his last contract, when he was involved in the formation of the navy on Lake Tanganyika and was the first C.O. Hugh started writing...

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A Man - A Soldier: The Memoirs of Gen George Meiring

R 395.00

General Georg Meiring is the last of the BIG FIVE GENERALS of the Border War era – consisting of names that were commonly heard in South African households and often on the lips of many a young national serviceman of that time, Magnus Malan, Constand Viljoen, Jannie Geldenhuys, Kat Liebenberg, Georg Meiring. These were the leaders of the most powerful...

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Panzer Ace: The Memoirs of an Iron Cross Panzer Commander from Barbarossa to Normandy

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Richard Freiherr von Rosen was a highly-decorated Wehrmacht soldier and outstanding panzer commander. His memoirs are richly illustrated with contemporary photographs, including key confrontations of World War II.After serving as a gunlayer on a Pz.Mk.III during Barbarossa, he led a Company of Tigers at Kursk. Later he led a company of King Tiger panzers at Normandy and in late 1944...

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FOR GOD AND THE CIA: Cuban Exile Forces in the Congo and Beyond c.1961-1967

R 395.00

AFRICA@WAR SERIES: VOLUME 52 FOR GOD AND THE CIA: Cuban Exile Forces in the Congo and Beyond c.1961-1967 - Stephen Rookes As the United Nations armed forces found themselves struggling to quell a series of armed rebellions, towards the end of 1962 the United States increased its military role in the Congo Crisis by providing the Congolese government with a small air...

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SPECIAL AIR SERVICE: The Men Speak - Jonathan Pittaway

R 950.00

Until now little has been known about the Rhodesian contribution to the history of the SAS. Now at last the men themselves tell their own stories of the exploits of that Special Forces unit during the Bush War and the years before. SAS Rhodesia provides a comprehensive account of the origins and history of this famous Special Forces unit, as told...

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War of Intervention in Angola - Volume 3: Angolan and Cuban Air Forces 1975-1985

R 395.00

AFRICA@WAR SERIES: VOLUME 50 War of Intervention in Angola - Volume 3: Angolan and Cuban Air Forces 1975-1985 - Tom Cooper, Adrian Fontanellaz, Jose Augusto Matos Most accounts of the conflict known in the West as the ‘Border War’ barely mention the operations by the FAPA/DAA. A handful of published histories mention two MiG-21s claimed as shot down by Dassault Mirage F.1...

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“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”

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OPERATION PROTEA - Willem Steenkamp

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The Story of KLOPPIES: A South African Recce Operator - Peet Coetzee

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SPECIAL FORCES: The Men Speak - Jonathan Pittaway & Douw Steyn

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War of Intervention in Angola - Volume 4: Angolan and Cuban Air Forces, 1985-1987

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History Of The Umvoti Mounted Rifles (1864 - 2004) - Mark Coghlan

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THE CIA AND BRITISH MERCENARIES IN ANGOLA, 1975-1976

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Curly’s Story - Hugh Gurnell

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A Man - A Soldier: The Memoirs of Gen George Meiring

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Panzer Ace: The Memoirs of an Iron Cross Panzer Commander from Barbarossa to Normandy

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FOR GOD AND THE CIA: Cuban Exile Forces in the Congo and Beyond c.1961-1967

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SPECIAL AIR SERVICE: The Men Speak - Jonathan Pittaway

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War of Intervention in Angola - Volume 3: Angolan and Cuban Air Forces 1975-1985

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