Operation Dolfyn

Operation Dolfyn
Part of the South African Border War
Location Angola
Cuvelai
Operation Dolfyn (Angola)
Objective Interrupt the infiltration routes of PLAN into SWA/Namibia by attacking PLAN bases and headquarters around the Angolan town of Cuvelai
Date May – June 1983

Operation Dolfyn (English: Operation Dolphin) was a military operation in Angola from May 1983 by the South African Defence Force (SADF) during the Angolan Civil War and South African Border War.

Background

The aim of the operation locate and destroy the People's Liberation Army of Namibia (PLAN) Eastern Command headquarters which was thought to be north of Cuvelai as well any other bases in the area.[1]:164 The operation took place during May and June 1983 and consisted of many small contacts.[1]:164 The SADF units consisted of elements from 61 Mechanised Battalion, 32 Battalion, 4 SAI, 44 Parachute Brigade and Regiment Groot Karoo.[1]:164 The operation ended around the beginning of July.[1]:164 The town of Cuvelai would again be the target of the SADF during Operation Askari at the end of December 1983.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Scholtz, Leopold (2013). The SADF in the Border War 1966-1989. Cape Town: Tafelberg. ISBN 978-0-624-05410-8.

Further reading

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