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The terrible ones : a complete history of 32 Battalion / Piet Nortje.
Van Pelt Library UB419.S6 N67 2012 v.1-2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nortje, Piet.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- South Africa. Army. Battalion, 32.
- South Africa.
- Special forces (Military science)--South Africa.
- Special forces (Military science).
- Special operations (Military science).
- Soldiers--South Africa.
- Soldiers.
- Angola--History--South African Invasion, 1975-1976.
- Angola.
- History.
- Angola--History--South African Incursions, 1978-1990.
- South Africa--History, Military--1961-.
- History, Military.
- Local Subjects:
- South Africa. Army. Battalion, 32.
- Genre:
- History.
- Military history.
- Physical Description:
- 2 volumes (xxx, 1269 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cape Town : Zebra Press, 2012.
- Contents:
- Volume 1: How it began
- Part 1: The Angolan Civil War and foreign intervention; O Patria Anada / Oh Fatherland, war on the doorsep: colonial Angola and civil war
- Quero per soldado / I want to be a soldier, forged in battle: Operation Savannah, 1975, and the People's Liberation Army of Namibia
- Part 2: They lived, and died, by the sword; Buffalo yeto nawa / Buffalo is our home, putting together and unit and operations, 1976
- Angolanos avante / Angolans onwards; Angolan military organisation and other forces, 1976-1989
- Combatentes do Buffalo / Combatants of Buffalo; shaping the unit and oerations, 1977
- Tuzali / We are strong; official recognition and operations, 1978
- Outros inimigos / Other enemies; the challenges of the natural environment
- Lutat, lutar / To fight, to fight; enter the Falson and operations, 1979-1980.
- Volume 2: Nos marchamos sem temor / We march without fear; secret cover blown and operations, 1981
- A nossa gloria / Our glory; end of the Falcon and operations, 1982
- Commandante weya la / The commandant came; start of the regimental era and operations, 1983
- Iteya / It can be broken; behind enemy lines and operations, 1984
- Part 3: Battalion to UNITA's rescue: Wabata o tungo a iwe / You are the loser; final recognition and operations, 1985
- A vitoria conquistar / To achieve this victory; the conventional phase and operations, 1986
- Sole, sole / I like, I like, new command and operations, 1987
- ZTuiele tuenda ai we / We came, we go, Ah Eh, the end of an era and operations, 1988
- Part 4: They lived by the sword and died by the pen: Lutar ate ao fim / Fighting to the end, the new era, 1989-1991.
- Notes:
- In slipcase.
- Includes bibliographies (volume 2, pages 1217-1228) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9781770223974
- 1770223975
- OCLC:
- 819075138
- Publisher Number:
- 99969429534
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