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Sniper Ace: From the Eastern Front to Siberia - Bruno Sutkus

Throughout World War II, German snipers were obliged to carry a Scharfshtzen Buch which recorded every kill. Each success noted had to be verified by a witness and signed by a superior officer. The journal of Sutkus is one of only a few such books to have survived the war. It records more than 200 kills, placing him as one...

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

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...

THE CIA AND BRITISH MERCENARIES IN ANGOLA, 1975-1976

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...

Rommel: A Reappraisal - Ian FW Beckett

How should history judge the life and career of Erwin Rommel, the most famous German general of the Second World War, 70 years after his death on 14 October 1944? In his own time and in the years immediately after the war his reputation as a great and chivalrous commander grew to the point where it took on almost legendary...

OPERATIONS IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1939-1944 (2 Volume Hardcover Set)

OPERATIONS IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1939-1942Tobruk, Crete, Syria and East AfricaDespatches in this volume include that on operations in the Middle East August 1939 to November 1940 by General Sir Archibald P. Wavell, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East; the despatch on operations in the Middle East February 1941 to July 1941, by General Sir Archibald P. Wavell, Commander-in-Chief, Middle...

KLOPPIES: Die Verhaal van 'n Recce Operateur - Peet Coetzee

Die verhaal van Jacob Schalk "Kloppies" Kloppers, 'n legendariese soldaat in die Spesiale Magte wereld. Ernstig gewond tydens Operasie Kerslig in 1981 waar hy ook die Honoris Crux vir dapperheid verower het, het sy loopbaan in die weermag voortgesit as 'n Spesiale Magte Operateur. Na bykans 20 jaar in die SAW, het hy vir die firma CJTVA gaan werk wat landmyne in...

WITH ROMMEL IN THE DESERT: Tripoli to Alamein - David Mitchellhill-Green

Prior to the outbreak of war in September 1939, the German Army had focused exclusively on the operational, organisational and training preparations needed to wage war in continental Europe. The threat of an Italian collapse in North Africa in early 1941, however, prompted Hitler to reinforce his ally by sending an armoured blocking force to Libya. Not content to merely...

Armoured Warfare in the North Africa Campaign - Anthone Tucker-Jones

The North African campaign, the struggle of the Italians and Germans against the Allies in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia between 1940 and 1943, was a war of movement and manoeuvre, of dramatic changes of fortune, and it was a war in which mechanised forces excelled. Compared with the heavily populated landscapes of north-west Europe, the empty open spaces of North...

I Flew for the Fuhrer: The Memoirs of a Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot - Heinz Knoke

Heinz Knocke was one of the outstanding German fighter pilots of World War II and this vivid first-hand record of his experiences has become a classic among aviation memoirs, a best-selling counter-balance to the numerous accounts written by Allied pilots. Knoke joined the Luftwaffe on the outbreak of war, and eventually became commanding officer of a fighter wing. An outstandingly brave and...

FALLSCHIRMJAEGER! - Greg Way

Paratroopers or Fallschirmjäger as they are known in German, were the elite parachute troops (Fallschirmtruppe) of the Luftwaffe during the Second World War. Although the Americans and Italians, and to a greater extent, the Russians had experimented with airborne troops, it was the Germans who pioneered vertical envelopment using parachute, glider-borne and air-landed troops to conduct successful airborne operations in...

SAS: Secret War in South East Asia - Peter Dickens

Working in four-man patrols, the SAS teams first made friends with the head-hunting border tribes and even trained some of them as an irregular military force. As the conflict continued, SAS teams went beyond the borders into Indonesia, where they tracked down enemy camps, fired on supply convoys, staged ambushes, and attacked enemy soldiers in their riverboats. By talking to...

GUNS OF THE ELITE FORCES - John Walter

Guns of the Elite Forces provides a penetrating account of the weapons that elite fighting troops carry into combat. Such elites have always existed in the armies of the world. During the Second World War, elite units sprang up in most theatres of conflict the German Brandenburgers carried out clandestine operations in Poland; in the Western Desert, the Long Range...

Operation Savannah: The Troops’ Diaries - Vol 1 & 2 (Softcover)

Operation Savannah – the Troops’ Diaries Vol 1 & 2 Bookset Much has been written about Operation Savannah by politicians, historians, academics, generals, and senior officers. Those perspectives were not always shared by the very young men who were involved at the front. Many of Operation Savannah’s veterans have struggled to share their experience, even with family and friends. Most...

Challenge Coin: Explosive Ordnance Disposal

War In The Mountains: The Kaokoland Story during the South African Bush War - Deon van Loggerenberg

"OVITA MOZONDUNDU" - War in the Mountains This is a compilation of stories of the men, women and children that spent time in Kaokoland during the South African Bush War, their trials and tribulations, the memories of their experiences whilst being there as soldiers, wives, children and civilians. Beating the heat, the dust, the stones, the mountains, the sweat, tears,...

THE WAR WITH HITLER’S NAVY - Adrian Stewart

As this well researched work reveals, Hitlers handling the German Navy during the Second World War was full of contradictions.The seriousness of the U-boat threat was never in doubt and in the dark days of 1940 1942, the Donitzs daring strategy coupled with the courage and determined actions of the captains and crews became perilously close to starving Britain into...

EL ALAMEIN 1942: Turning Point in the Desert - Robert Doherty

The Battle of El Alamein is well established as a pivotal moment of the Second World War. Following the wildly fluctuating fortunes of the opposing sides, there was a real risk that Rommel’s Afrika Korps and his Italian allies would break through and seize Cairo with catastrophic strategic and political implications for the Allies. That this never happened is, of...

OPERATION BARBAROSSA AND THE EASTERN FRONT 1941 - Michael Olive & Robert Edwards

“Operation Barbarossa and the Eastern Front 1941” is an illustrated record of the German Invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. Across a stretch of land of over 1800 miles long, over 4.5 million troops from the Axis powers marched to deliver what they thought would be a resounding blow to Soviet power in what was and still is the...

MAU MAU REBELLION: The Emergency in Kenya 1952-1956 - Nick van der Bijl

In The Mau Mau Rebellion, the author describes the background to and the course of a short but brutal late colonial campaign in Kenya. The Mau Mau, a violent and secretive Kikuyu society, aimed to restore the proud tribe’s pre-colonial superiority and rule. The 1940s saw initial targeting of Africans working for the colonial government and by 1952 the situation...

C-130 Hercules: A History - Martin W. Bowman

Designed in response to a 1951 requirement, the C-130 Hercules is the most successful military airlifter ever built. Since it first flew in prototype form on 23 August 1954, more than 2,100 have been produced in over eighty different versions. Across its variants, the Hercules serves more than sixty air forces, as well as many civilian cargo operators, in a...

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

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...

THE RESCUE THEY CALLED A RAID: The Jameson Raid 1895-96 - David Snape

Over a century ago, a Scottish adventurer attempted to expand the British Empire in South Africa with the military backing of a mere 500 men. He was part of a conspiracy of entrepreneurs, gold magnates and politicians, each of whom had di­fferent motives for supporting and encouraging his actions. Dr Leander Starr Jameson’s Raid failed miserably. A failed attempt to...

EIGHTH ARMY VERSUS ROMMEL: Tactics, Training and Operations in North Africa 1940-42 - James Colvin

Eighth Army Versus Rommel is a riveting account of the Desert War from 1940 through Montgomery's celebrated battle of Alamein in 1942. Comprehensively researched and rich in previously unpublished material, it examines the undertrained and underfunded pre-war British Army, contrasting its leadership with its opposite numbers in Germany, and demonstrates how and why Eighth Army had difficulties in its first 18...

RIPE FOR REBELLION: Political and Military Insurgency in the Congo, 1946-1964

AFRICA@WAR SERIES: VOLUME 51 RIPE FOR REBELLION: Political and Military Insurgency in the Congo, 1946-1964 - Stephen Rookes After many years of political struggle, the Belgian Congo was finally granted its independence in June 1960. Becoming the Republic of the Congo (and later the Democratic Republic of the Congo), what was supposed to be a momentous occasion in the country's history...

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

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...

KGB Today: The Hidden Hand - John Barron

Secondhand, hardcover, good condition, 491 pages

Inside Zambia - Anthony Pitsch

Secondhand, hardcover, good condition, 159 pages

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

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...

SPECIAL TASKS: The Memoirs of an unwanted Witness - Pavel Sudoplatov

Secondhand, hardcover, good condition, 509 pages

Operation Zambezi: The Raid into Zambia

Secondhand, softcover, fair condition, 256 pages

Jack Malloch: Legend of the African Skies - Alan Brough

Alan Brough is a writer and historian who grew up in Rhodesia. During those turbulent years he heard the whispered stories of Jack Malloch, an amazing flyer who many credited with the very survival of the breakaway country. Yet on the surface Jack seemed to be nothing but a hard-working entrepreneur who owned a nondescript little cargo operation serviced by...

BOYS AT WAR: Diary of South Africa's Operation Savannah 1975-76 - Paul Els

Following the Korean War, the next armed conflict to involve South African military forces was against Soviet, Cuban and Angolan forces – the SADF’s Operation Savannah in Angola. This resulted from the communist-inspired coup d’état in Portugal and the Soviet Union’s attempt, using Cuban surrogate forces, to annex Angola and to threaten South Africa’s national security. Teenaged boys doing their...

Terroris: 'n Ooggetuie Verslag - Al J Venter

Secondhand, hardcover, fair condition, dust jacket damaged, 191 pages 

Die Binnekring: Terugblikke op die laaste oomblikke van blanke regering - Jan Heunis

Secondhand, softcover, good condition, 214 pages 

For Volk and Fuhrer: Robey Leibbrandt & Operation Weissdorn - Hans Strydom

Secondhand, hardcover, good condition, 280 pages

Namibia's Liberation Struggle - Colin Leys & John S. Saul

Secondhand, softcover, good condition, 212 pages

Men of War: The Fighting Few Who Took on the World - Hannes Wessels

With roots going back to Cecil Rhodes’ buccaneering Pioneers, Stannard, like many of his countrymen, was born and bred to fight against the odds as a soldier defending a country at war with the world. Never frightened to lead, he tackled his foe with skill, incredible courage and almost unbelievable good cheer. Serving in both the SAS and the Selous...

A Brutal State of Affairs: The Rise and Fall of Rhodesia - Henrik Ellert & Dennis Anderson

AVAILABLE FROM 3 NOVEMBER 2020 A Brutal State of Affairs analyses the transition from Rhodesia to Zimbabwe and challenges Rhodesian mythology. The story of the BSAP, where white and black officers were forced into a situation not of their own making, is critically examined. The liberation war in Rhodesia might never have happened but for the ascendency of the Rhodesian...

The War For Africa: Conflict, Crime, Corruption and Foreign Interests - Eeben Barlow (LIMITED EDITION - HARDCOVER & SIGNED)

‘The War for Africa: Conflict, Crime, Corruption and Foreign Interests’ is a hard-hitting account of the undeclared and invisible conflicts and wars that go almost unnoticed in the daily mainstream media. The impact of these economic, military, and political conflicts on the continent and its people is devastating. This book offers a personal, yet disturbing and behind-the-scenes glimpse of much...

KATANGA: 1960-63 - Christopher Othen

The first full account of an African secession that introduced the modern mercenary—and killed the head of the United NationsIn King Leopold II's infamous Congo "Free" State at the turn of the century, severed hands became a form of currency. But the Belgians don't seem to have a sense of historical shame, as they connived for an independent Katanga state...

THE HORNS OF THE BEAST: The Swakop River Campaign and World War I in South-West Africa 1914-15 - James Stejskal

In December of 1914, veteran Boer commander General Louis Botha landed his forces on the coast of German South West Africa to finish off the colony’s Schutztruppe defenders. In August, the South Africans had started off badly with a disastrous battle at Sandfontein and an internal rebellion that could have torn the Union of South Africa apart. Botha’s campaign would...

STEEL WALL AT ARNHEM: The Destruction of 4 Parachute Brigade 19 September 1944 - David Truesdale

The deployment of the British 1st Airborne Division somewhere in Europe prior to the end of the war was indeed a case of ‘coins burning holes in the pockets of SHAEF’. The Allied High Command was anxious to commit to battle a division that, while it contained some elite units, was not fully trained, had carried out only one divisional...

From Tobruk To Tunis - Neal Dando

This book focuses on the extent to which the physical terrain features across Egypt, Libya and Tunisia affected British operations throughout the campaign in North Africa during the Second World War. One main theme of the work analyses the terrain from the operational and tactical perspective and argues that the landscape features heavily influenced British operations and should now be...

The History of the Kimberley Regiment (1876-1962) - Dr HW Curson

Hardcover, 283 pages, secondhand, excellent condition (like new)

From SAS to Blood Diamond Wars - Hamish Ross

From SAS To Blood Diamond Wars is the story of Fred Marafono an outstanding warrior, even by SAS standards.On the point of being demobbed from the SAS, Fred Marafono was recruited by David Stirling for his private security company. After Stirling's death, Fred found himself in the midst of Sierra Leone's Blood Diamond wars, and formed an unbreakable bonding with...

German Aircraft Of WWII - Thomas Newdick

This book contains large format and detailed descriptions of 15 of the most radical an innovative German aircraft of WWII.  Over 100 detailed colour and monochrome artworks. Paperback, 112 pages

SOUTH AFRICAN ARMOURED VEHICLES: A History of Innovation and Excellence - Dr Dewald Venter

AFRICA@WAR SERIES: VOLUME 49 SOUTH AFRICAN ARMOURED VEHICLES: A History of Innovation and Excellence During the Cold War, Africa became a prime location for proxy wars between the East and the West. Against the backdrop of a steep rise in liberation movements backed by Eastern Bloc communist countries such as Cuba and the Soviet Union, southern Africa saw one of the most...

South African Defence Yearbook - 1991 - Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag Jaarboek

Secondhand, hardcover, good condition.  

South African Defence Yearbook - 1989 - Suid-Afrikaanse Weermag Jaarboek

Secondhand, hardcover, good condition. 

MI6: A Life and Death in the Service of the British Secret Service - Gordon Corera

Secondhand, softcover, reasonable condition. 

A Time of Madness - Robert Early

Secondhand, softcover, reasonable condition. 

The Struggle for Zimbabwe: The Chimurenga War - David Martin

Secondhand, softcover, good condition. 

Prelude to the Monsoon - GF Jacobs

Secondhand, softcover, good condition. 

History of the US Marines - Jack Murphy

Secondhand, hardcover, good condition. 

The Last Days of the Cathars - Mike Hoare

In the middle of the 12th Century an obscure Christian sect emerged in France, a little north of the Pyrenees. They were known as Cathars. They believed that Jesus had given their Church a unique power - to baptise with the Holy Ghost. It was on this rock that the Cathars founded their belief that they were the sole successors...

Adventures in Africa - Mike Hoare

Go with Mike on foot across Basutoland; by motorbike from Cape to Cairo; to sea in a 36-foot ketch; into the Kalahari desert – and more. In the last chapter he describes how he and his wife move to an Eden-like island in the Okavango delta, and the terrible and wonderful events that take place there. Softcover, 217 pages. The book...

The Road to Kalamata - Mike Hoare

Col. Mike Hoare describes how his 4 Commando supported Moise Tshombe’s breakaway state of Katanga against both the UN forces, and the Baluba tribesmen who used poison arrows, pit traps, marijuana, spells, jungle drums … and even resorted to ritual torture and cannibalism. Softcover, 131 pages. The book is newly printed and we sell it as such.

Three Years with Sylvia - Mike Hoare

Mike and his family sail the Western Mediterranean in a 72-foot yacht – a converted 100 ton Baltic trader. The yachting anecdotes bring out the Irish in him. Softcover, 189 pages. The book is newly printed and we sell it as such.

Congo Warriors - Mike Hoare

Col. Mike Hoare’s favourite book consists of 21 short stories, giving new insight into the minds and hearts of adventurers who become mercenary soldiers. It captures the spirit of mercenary soldiering. Softcover, 191 pages. The book is newly printed and we sell it as such.

Congo Mercenary - Mike Hoare

Col. Mike Hoare tells how he led 5 Commando in three campaigns to put down a communist-backed rebel uprising and restored order to the Congo. He and his swashbucklers freed over 1800 nuns and priests, and they learned from scratch what it meant to be real soldiers. Set in 1964/5 Softcover, 318 pages. The book is newly printed and we sell...

Twelve Days On The Somme: A Memoir of the Trenches, 1916 - Sidney Rogerson

A joint operation between Britain and France in 1916, the Battle of the Somme was an attempt to gain territory and dent Germany's military strength.  By the end of the action, very little ground had been won: the Allied Forces had made just 12 km. For this slight gain, more than a million lives were lost. There were more than 400,000...

Nazi Women of the Third Reich - Paul Roland

Hitler had declared that 'National Socialism will be an exclusively male revolution'...While his cynical spin doctor Goebbels attempted to justify the exclusion of women from politics and public life, he declared that they were being denied an active role in the administration so that their 'essential dignity be restored'.Nevertheless, German women were active participants in the dictatorship, some proving to...

The Desert Air Force in World War II - Ken Delve

Delve into this comprehensive reference guide to the structure, operation, aircraft and men of the 1st Tactical Air Force, or Desert Air Force as it became known.Forming in North Africa to support the 8th Army and squadrons from the RAF, SAAF, RAAF and USAAF, this book includes everything you need to know on the defensive and offensive campaigns.Including the many...

Curly’s Story - Hugh Gurnell

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...

Die Brug: Na Die Hel En Terug In Angola - Deon Lamprecht

In vergeelde foto’s van drie dekades gelede staan oopgesigseuns vol bravade voor Ratel-gevegsvoertuie. Hierdie dienspligtiges van 61 Gemeganiseerde Bataljongroep staan aan die begin van hul reis diep in Angola in om vir volk en vaderland te gaan veg.  In ’n bloedige geveg op Valentynsdag 1988 en in die doodsakker by Tumpo sou hul jeugdige onskuld egter sneuwel. In die hitte...

Soldaat en Mens - Generaal Georg Meiring

Generaal Georg Meiring vertel sy verhaal in sy eie taal met humor en skroom nie om die waarheid, soms ten koste van homself, uit te lap nie. As ‘n plaasseun uit die Oos-Vrystaat is hy deur vele gebeure, wat hom dikwels gedwing het om homself te “herontwerp”, in slegs 14 jaar van ‘n kaptein tot ‘n generaal gevorm, om as...

Tiger Battalion 507 - Helmut Schneider

This is the little-known story of Heavy Panzer (Tiger) Battalion 507 told through the recollections of the men who fought with the unit.  The book was conceived during a reunion of the 507' at Rohrdorf in 1982, where it was agreed to set up an editorial committee under Helmut Schneider, himself a veteran of the battalion, to search for as...

Kursk: The Greatest Tank Battle - Will Fowler

In an attempt to regain initiative on the Eastern Front, Germany unleashed a force of more than 3000 tanks and assault guns in July, 1943. With more than 4000 Soviet tanks facing them, what was about to occur was one of the greatest tank battles in the history of armoured warfare. Including first-hand accounts from both sides, stunningly vivid photographs...

Spirit of a Sniper - Bill Russell

Cassino, Italy 1944. The Allied 8th and American 5th Armies were engaged in a fanatically contested advance, opposed by elite units of the German Army. In the forefront of the allied advance was a Regiment of South African Volunteers, survivors of the North African campaign, and sniper, Peter 'Isinkwe' McTavish. Protected by the spirit of his childhood mentor the wise...

Come Back to Portofino: Through Italy with the 6th South African Armoured Division - James Bourhill

Using archival sources and private documents recently unearthed, Come Back to Portofino chronicles the journey taken by volunteers in the 6th South African Armoured Division.  From training camps in Egypt through to the blissful summer of 1945 the ‘Div’ left its mark on towns and villages across Italy. From Monte Cassino to the outskirts of Venice and the River Po the campaign...

Buffalo Battalion: South Africa's 32 Battalion - A Tale of Sacrifice - Dr LJ Bothma

By August 1974 the Portuguese had all but abandoned Angola, its erstwhile colony, and there was a fear in both the Intelligence services of South Africa and America that the country was likely to fall the hands of the MPLA, generally regarded as a Soviet surrogate. It was that fear that triggered the training by South Africa of guerrilla groups...

Death Flight: Apartheid's Secret Doctrine of Disappearance - Michael Schmidt

In the late 1970s, as the apartheid government fought a desperate and dirty battle to stay in power, its security forces devised a chilling new tactic. A shadowy, top-secret unit called Delta 40 was established, tasked with the murder of hundreds of ANC, PAC, and SWAPO members. Victims’ bodies were flung from aircraft into the Atlantic Ocean. Based on the detailed analysis of flight logs and...

On Laughter-Silvered Wings: The Story of Lt. Col. E.T (Ted) Strever D.F.C - Gail Strever – Morkel

This is the thoroughly researched account of the life and times of a South African WW2 pilot, the author's father, Ted. It is highly personal, drawing on family history and changing lifestyles as the central figure fights his way through a series of experiences, flying coastal strike missions in the Mediterranean and North Africa, then in the Far East against the...

Mozambican Civil War: Marxist–Apartheid Proxy, 1977–1992 - Stephen Emerson

As the Cold War raged on in the 1970s and 1980s, much of southern Africa, from Angola to Mozambique, became caught up in the superpower competition as local and regional proxies for both Moscow and Washington fought it out on the battlefield. Thus, the struggle to determine the future of a newly independent Mozambique was shaped by multiple factors beyond...

Undeniable: A Memoir Of A Covert War - Philippa Garson

Philippa Garson worked for the brave and upstart Weekly Mail during the early 1990s, where she covered the civil war between Inkatha and the ANC/ANC-aligned forces. Undeniable is an account of that period of her life, where she and colleagues Mondli Makhanya, Kevin Carter, Anton Harber and others tracked and discovered the involvement of a ‘third force’, which was fuelling the killing...

No Easy Battle - Captain Wanda Zondi

No Easy Battle: How I Overcame Extreme Obstacles to Achieve My Dream, the battle may not be easy, but it's worth it.  Wanda Zondi was born on 14 April 1984 in the rural areas of Mhlanga village in the small district of Libode in Eastern Cape. Having grown up under extreme poverty, he had to dig deep within in order...

Commemorative Challenge Coin - Lt Mike Murphy

Commemorative Challenge Coin - Lt Mike Murphy, 50mm diameter. 

Commemorative Challenge Coin - Task Force Dagger

Commemorative Challenge Coin - Task Force Dagger, 50mm diameter.

Commemorative Challenge Coin - CIA Special Operations Group

Commemorative Challenge Coin - CIA Special Operations Group 50mm diameter.  

OPERATION LIGHTHOUSE: Intaf in the Rhodesian Bush War 1972–1980

From 1890 and throughout its history, the men of Internal Affairs were bound by an intense loyalty to each other, combined with a deep understanding of the tribal people in their charge. Their greatest strengths were individuality and self-reliance, strengths that were called upon to the fullest during the rebellions of 1896–97, and again in the conflict of the 1970s....

Military Badges And Insignia Of Southern Africa - Colin R Owen

A reference book for badges, patches and flashes from Southern Africa. This volume covers numerous countries including Rhodesia, South Africa, Zambia, Angola and more. Book is packed with page after page of color and B&W images on high quality glossy paper. All insignia are numbered and indexed with brief descriptions of each Hardcover, A4, 215 pages - published 1990. All copies...

Move The Border: A History of the Greatest Battles of the Angolan Border War 1966-1989 - Marius Scheepers

An account which strives to place the war which South Africa fought in Angola in a historically meaningful perspective. Although the conflict initially centered on the opposing agendas of the SADF and People’s Liberation Army of Namibia of SWAPO, it was to escalate and take on an international Cold War character as Angolan, Cuban, and Soviet protagonists appeared on the...

THE LONG RANGE DESERT GROUP: History and Legacy - Lars Gyllenhaal & Karl-Gunnar Norén

The world’s most respected special forces unit, the Special Air Service (SAS), was inspired by another irregular unit, the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) or simply Ghost Patrol. You may now accompany the authors in Ghost Patrol vehicles far, far behind Rommel’s lines. While doing so you will acquire insights into some extreme raids and reconnaissance missions. You will become...

K-9 Honde Soldate - Peet Coetzee

Hier is die eerste boek van sy soort wat die geskiedenis van die Honde Sentrum reg vanaf die ontstaan in 1964 tot die wegkwyning van die eenheid in 2007 aan u uitbeeld. Met verbluffende kennis, humor, deernis en erns vertel die skrywer onderhoudend hoe honde vroeër deur die Weermag vir spesiale diens aangewend is. Die wisselwerking tussen die man en...

Further memoirs of a Bush War Operator: Life in the Rhodesian Light Infantry, Selous Scouts and beyond - Andrew Balaam

From the searing heat of the Zambezi valley to the freezing cold of the Chimanimani mountains in Rhodesia; from the bars in Port St John’s in the Transkei to the Drakensberg Mountains in South Africa; to the slums of Maputo Mozambique and the violence and corruption of Beira Mozambique to the beauty of the Portuguese Islands. This is one man’s...

Ratel: The Making of a Legend (2 Volume Bookset)

This two-volume book covers the history of the Ratel from the requirement for an ICV for the SA Army in the late 1960s and early 1970s through to the development, production and deployment of Ratel and to its final major combat operation of the Border War in 1989.   The book is about Ratel, not about the Border War; although, obviously,...

Commemorative Challenge Coin: French Naval Special Operation Forces (Commandos Marine)

Coin diameter 50mm.  

Commando / Kommando: Dec 1949 to Oct 1970 (245 Digital Magazines on USB Drive)

Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available.  Format: PDF.  We acknowledge Walter Volker as the principle...

Commando / Kommando - October 1970 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - October 1970 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available. The...

Commando / Kommando - September 1970 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - September 1970 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available....

Commando / Kommando - July 1970 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - July 1970 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available. The...

Commando / Kommando - June 1970 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - June 1970 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available. The...

Commando / Kommando - May 1970 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - May 1970 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available. The...

Commando / Kommando - March 1970 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - March 1970 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available. The...

Commando / Kommando - February 1970 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - February 1970 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available....

Commando / Kommando - January 1970 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - January 1970 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available. The...

Commando / Kommando - November 1969 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - November 1969 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available. The download...

Commando / Kommando - October 1969 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - October 1969 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available. The download...

Commando / Kommando - September 1969 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - September 1969 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available. The download...

Commando / Kommando - July 1969 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - July 1969 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available. The download...

Commando / Kommando - June 1969 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - June 1969 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available. The download...

Commando / Kommando - May 1969 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - May 1969 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available. The download...

Commando / Kommando - March 1969 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - March 1969 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available. The download...

Commando / Kommando - February 1969 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - February 1969 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available. The download...

Commando / Kommando - January 1969 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - January 1969 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available. The download...

Commando / Kommando - November 1968 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - November 1968 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available. The download...

Commando / Kommando - October 1968 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - October 1968 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available. The download...

Commando / Kommando - September 1968 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - September 1968 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available. The download...

Commando / Kommando - July 1968 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - July 1968 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available. The download...

Commando / Kommando - June 1968 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - June 1968 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available. The download...

Commando / Kommando - May 1968 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - May 1968 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available. The download...

Commando / Kommando - March 1968 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - March 1968 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available. The download...

Commando / Kommando - February 1968 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - February 1968 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available. The download links...

Commando / Kommando - January 1968 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - January 1968 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available. The...

Commando / Kommando - November 1967 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - November 1967 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available. The download...

Commando / Kommando - October 1967 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - October 1967 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available. The...

Commando / Kommando - September 1967 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - September 1967 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available. The...

Commando / Kommando - July 1967 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - July 1967 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available....

Commando / Kommando - June 1967 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - June 1967 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available....

Commando / Kommando - May 1967 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - May 1967 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available. The...

Commando / Kommando - March 1967 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - March 1967 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available. The...

Commando / Kommando - February 1967 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - February 1967 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available. The...

Commando / Kommando - January 1967 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - January 1967 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available. The...

Commando / Kommando - November 1966 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - November 1966 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available....

Commando / Kommando - October 1966 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - October 1966 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available....

Commando / Kommando - September 1966 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - September 1966 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available. The...

Commando / Kommando - July 1966 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - July 1966 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available. The...

Commando / Kommando - June 1966 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - June 1966 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available. The...

Commando / Kommando - May 1966 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - May 1966 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available. The...

Commando / Kommando - March 1966 (Digital Magazine)

Commando / Kommando - March 1966 (Digital Magazine) Commando / Kommando was the Union Defence Force & SADF's official magazine from December 1949 up to October 1970, a total of 245 magazines. We've attempted to preserve these historical magazines and although initially printed on the least expensive and least durable paper, a high quality digital reproduction, scanned at 300dpi, is now available. The...