The South African Border War, also known as the Namibian War of Independence, and sometimes denoted in South Africa as the Angolan Bush War, was a largely...

of the South African Border War details the military operations conducted by the South African Defence Force during the South African Border War: Operation...

Anglo–Boer War, or South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer republics (the South African Republic and Orange...

bitter Border War. The South African Army has also been involved in many peacekeeping operations such as in the Lesotho intervention, Central African Republic...

and Second World Wars, as well as the South African Border War. In the apartheid post-war era, the South African Navy was extensively aligned with NATO...

the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale. The South African Border War was closely linked to the Angolan Civil War. South African expeditionary units had openly invaded...

Relations in South Africa. Claremont: Juta. p. 59 See Air operations during the Greek Civil War#South African Air Force "Casualties of Korean War" (in Korean)...

also deployed during the related South African Border War. The military was mostly composed of white South Africans, who alone were subject to conscription...

However, a Cuban intervention in Angola, and the escalation of the South African Border War convinced the government that it faced a serious external threat...

The border between Lesotho and South Africa is 909 kilometres (565 mi) long and forms a complete loop, as Lesotho is an enclave entirely surrounded by...