Operation Beanbag

When

30 Jan 1981

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

19.00° S, 35.00° E

Description

1981 military operation by the South African Defense Forces

Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.

Military operation by the South African Defense Forces in 1981

Operation Beanbag, also known as the Matola Raid, was a military operation conducted by the South African Defence Force (SADF) against suspected safe houses of uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), in Matola, Mozambique. The operation was authorised by Prime Minister P.W. Botha.

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