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Auction #125 begins on 14 Aug 2025

Steenkamp (Willem)

BORDERSTRIKE

South Africa hits SWAPO bases in Angola

Published: Butterworth, Durban/Pretoria, 1983

Edition: First Edition

Reserve: $50

Approximately:

Estimate: $80-120

Bidding opens: 14 Aug 16:30 GMT

Bidding closes: 21 Aug 16:30 GMT

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Steenkamp (Willem).  

266 pages.   Hardback, 1st Edition. Cover is in pristine condition.  Binding very tight, pages are clean.  Condition as new.   Published by Butterworth Publishers Durban/Pretoria.

BORDERSTRIKE
South Africa hits SWAPO bases in Angola

In May 1978, the South African Army with Air Force support made a lightening strike across the northern border of South West Africa/Namibia into Angola, where the Marxist oriented government in power had provided guerrilla bases for the revolutionary and Soviet armed South West Africa Peoples's Organization (SWAPO) led by Sam Nujoma.

It was first of many such strikes.  This one being codenamed Operation Reindeer.

  • Jacket Condition: As New
  • Binding Condition: As New
  • Overall Condition: As New
  • Size: 9" x 6 ½" x 1"


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