Bushmen soldiers : the history of 31, 201 and 203 Battalions in the border war 1974-90 /

The Bushman soldiers were the most outstanding all-round fighters of the Border War. As the first of the indigenous population to take up arms on South Africa's behalf, they were among the last to lay them down. The border's oldest and most bush-wise people, they became feared as relentles...

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Main Author: Uys, Ian S., 1942- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Solihull : Helion & Company, 2014
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505 0 |a Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Prologue; Chapter 1: Alpha -- the Beginning 1973-5; Chapter 2: Operation Savannah 1975; Chapter 3: The Crow and 31 Battalion 1976; Chapter 4: Expansion and Heroism 1977-9; Chapter 5: Reorganisation 1980-2; Chapter 6: Coinops and Controversy 1983-7; Chapter 7: Developing Bushmen and Bases; Chapter 8: The Withdrawal 1988-9; Chapter 9: Schmidtsdrift 1990-2; Chapter 10: Omega -- the End 1993; Epilogue; Appendix A: Roll of Honour; Appendix B: Commanders of the Battalions; Glossary of Terms; Acronyms and Abbreviations 
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