Battle of Cassinga

Ne zaman

4 May 1978

Tür

Muharebe

Koordinatlar

15.12° S, 16.09° E

Description

South African airborne operation carried out in Angola in 1978

Controversial South African airborne attack on a SWAPO military base

The Battle of Cassinga also known as the Cassinga Raid or Kassinga Massacre was a controversial South African airborne attack on a South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) military camp at the town of Cassinga, Angola on 4 May 1978. Conducted as one of the three major actions of Operation Reindeer during the South African Border War, it was the South African Army's first major air assault operation.

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