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South African Parachute Battalions
Rhodesian Special Forces Selous Scouts
Buffalo
Battalion /
32 Battalion, South Africa
South African Special Forces Recces
We Conquer from Above:
1 Parachute Battalion - Paul Els
The story of the South African 1 Parachute Battalion (popularly known as "Parabats")
from inception in 1960 up to 1991. In 1966, units of 1 Parachute Battalion first
participated in operations as part of the South African Border War in South-West
Africa (now Namibia). This involvement was eventually to last for more than twenty
years. This battalion also participated in South Africa's first major airborne
operation in 1978 - 'Operation Reindeer' - the Battle of Cassinga, where they,
together with other battalions attacked a large SWAPO base in Angola, successfully
capturing it. The book includes training procedures / methods, operational stories,
and many other information, such as parades, barracks, and some private stories.
Soft cover , A4 size, 336 pages. Approx. 1000 black/white photos of which most
have not been published before.
We Conquer from Above:
1 Parachute Battalion - Paul Els
Special Air Service Rhodesia: The Men Speak - Jonathan Pittaway
The Rhodesian SAS. This title has been lavishly illustrated with many previously
unseen photos of operations & personnel and includes personal stories
by well known Rhodesian SAS operators, and details gallantry citations.
It includes full nominal rolls,
Rolls
of Honour, chronologies, orbats, tables, medals, badges, uniforms, documents,
maps and miliaria. There are numerous black & white & colour illustrations
throughout.
Special Air Service Rhodesia: The Men Speak - Jonathan Pittaway
Sunday Bloody Sunday: A Soldier’s War in Northern Ireland, Rhodesia, Mozambique and Iraq - by Jake Harper-Ronald as told to Greg Budd
Jake Harper-Ronald wanted to be a soldier from childhood. In 1966 his ambition was fulfilled when he was conscripted as a National Serviceman into the Royal Rhodesia Regiment. He afterwards moved to the UK and passed selection for the ultra tough Parachute Regiment - the famed Red Berets. Jake was the official photographer for Britain’s elite 1-Parachute Battalion when they deployed in Londonderry to combat an IRA-inspired ‘peace’ march. Shots were fired at the Paras who returned fire and killed 13 marchers - the infamous ‘Bloody Sunday’. He later joined the Rhodesian SAS and then moved to the Selous Scouts, taking part in daring cross-border raids into hostile territory with both units. After the Bush War he joined the Counter-Intelligence Division of Zimbabwe’s CIO and covertly spied for South African, US and British intelligence. He left the ZCIO to took up a British MI6 offer to run anti-Renamo Militias in Mozambique for them. He afterwards served two tours with a private military company in Iraq.
Sunday Bloody Sunday: A Soldier’s War in Northern Ireland, Rhodesia, Mozambique and Iraq - by Jake Harper-Ronald as told to Greg Budd
Shadows in an African Twilight
- Kevin Thomas
Game Ranger, Special Force Soldier, Professional Hunter and Personal Security Officer -This is a collection of fascinating stories about a life of adventure spread across nearly four decades in Africa and culminating in Iraq. Many of the stories are not for the squeamish and tell of the aberrant behaviour of man-eating lions and killer crocodiles, stories of courageous Rhodesian game rangers who while fighting to preserve the wildlife of a beautiful country were also fighting against brutal terrorist forces. The author relates some of his experiences as a pseudo counter-terrorist operator in the elite Selous Scouts during the Rhodesian War and covers many of his experiences as a professional hunter in the exciting world of African safari. Having also served in the previous South African era "black homeland" of Ciskei he offers an often humorous insight into life during the wayward period. This exciting book of high adventure ends with a discerning look into what it is like to work in war-torn Iraq in the specialized field of Security Escort Teams.
Shadows in an African Twilight - Kevin Thomas
Gallic Thunderbolt: The story of René Leclézio and Lonrho Sugar - compliled by Jerry Gosnell
Lonrho Sugar Corporation, one of Africa's most successful sugar companies, was the creation of one man, René Leclézio, Lonrho's "Gallic Thunderbolt". From its beginning in Malawi in 1965 he made it an international force in the sugar world by the time he retired in 1994. Lonrho Sugar was that rarest of animals, a multinational operating exclusively in Africa which always made profits; survived floods, droughts and coups and established a reputation for long term commitment to the communities in which it worked. This book is not a biography of an individual, nor is it a history of a company. It is a collection of reminiscences written by the people who were close to René and the story of the group he created, told by the men and women who were there.
Gallic Thunderbolt: The story of René Leclézio and Lonrho Sugar - compliled by Jerry Gosnell
From Rhodesia To Mugabe's Zimbabwe: Chronicles of a Game Ranger - Nick Tredger
This exciting book relates how after serving two years national service in the Rhodesian Army the author, Nick Tredger, joined the Department of National Parks and Wildlife as a cadet ranger in 1978 - starting with a posting to the remote Chizarira National Park on the shores of Lake Kariba. He takes the reader through the last days of Rhodesia with Wankie National Park and thence the first four years of Robert Mugabe's disastrous rule of an independent Zimbabwe with postings in Zambezi Valley and Mana Pools.
From Rhodesia To Mugabe's Zimbabwe: Chronicles of a Game Ranger - Nick Tredger
Border-Line Insanity: A National Serviceman’s Story - Tim Ramsden
Tim Ramsden served his time as a National Serviceman in the South African Defence
Force’s
elite Mechanised Battalions and tells his story from his tough training days
to the
SADF’s final
confrontation with Cuban armoured forces during the last days of the border war
before a peace deal with Angola and Cuba was finalised in New York in December
1988. The book includes the journey's of three of the author’s National Service
comrades who were captured and imprisoned in Mozambique. The author also details
his trip to the Namibian/Angolan border several years later to visit people who
are no longer his enemies.
Border-Line Insanity: A National Serviceman’s Story - Tim Ramsden
We Fear Naught but God: The story of the SA Special Forces "The Recces" - Paul Els
The story of the elite South African Special Forces ("the Recces") from inception in the 1960s to disbandment in 1993. A unique account of one of South Africa's premier units, masters in the art of reconnaissance and clandestine warfare. Pro-rata, the most highly decorated unit during the wars in Angola and Namibia / SWA. This is no gung-ho account, but rather a loving compiled series of accounts put together by the author who was there from the inception of this fine regiment. This is about the "operators", the men of the Recces, their exploits in Angola, SWA/Namibia and other southern africa territories. The original and hard-to-get, much sought after publication has been reworked with additional information, updates, corrections plus many new photographs.
We Fear Naught but God: The story of the SA Special Forces "The Recces" - Paul Els
Counter-Strike from the Sky: The Rhodesian All-Arms Fire Force in the War in the Bush 1974–1980 - JRT Wood
'Fireforce' as a military concept dates from 1974 when the Rhodesian Air Force (RhAF) acquired the French MG151 20mm cannons. Coupled with this, the traditional counter-insurgency tactics of follow-ups, tracking and ambushing in the Rhodesian Bush War simply weren't producing satisfactory results. Visionary RhAF and Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI) officers thus expanded on the idea of a 'vertical envelopment' of the enemy, with the 20mm cannon being the principle weapon of attack, mounted in an Alouette III K-Car ('Killer car') helicopter, flown by the air force commander, with the army commander on board directing his ground troops deployed from troop-carrying gunship G-Cars as well as being parachuted from DC-3 Dakotas. In support would be small ground-attack aircraft and on call would be Canberra bombers, Hawker Hunter and Vampire jets. A definitive work on this unique concept of total airborne envelopment of a guerrilla enemy.
Counter-Strike from the Sky: The Rhodesian All-Arms Fire Force in the War in the Bush 1974–1980 - JRT Wood
West of the Moon: A Game Ranger at War - Ron Selley
An autobiography - a sweeping canvas that evokes a bygone era of the 1940s’ colonial Natal through to the cruel intensity of the guerrilla ‘Bush War’ that ravaged Rhodesia in the 1970s.
In two distinct parts - the author's earlier years - an idyllic childhood spent roaming and hunting among the empty, rolling hills of northern Zululand; of the inaccessible St Lucia waterway; of building railway bridges into the wild interior, ..... to the sweaty cantinas and backstreets of Lourenço Marques - of a time that slipped away …The 2nd part recounts the author's move north across the Limpopo where his love of adventure, hunting and the bushveld lead him to Rhodesia. He becomes a game ranger, dealing with 'problem animals' in the farming areas and the escalating terrorist war in the Gona re Zhou National Park in the beleaguered south-eastern Lowveld of the country.
West of the Moon: A Game Ranger at War - Ron Selley
19 with a Bullet: A South African Paratrooper in Angola - Granger Korff
A fast-moving, action-packed account of Granger Korff’s two years’ service during 1980/81 with 1 Parachute Battalion at the height of the South African ‘bush war’ in South West Africa (Namibia) and Angola. Apart from the ‘standard’ counter-insurgency activities of Fireforce operations, ambushing and patrols, to contact and destroy SWAPO guerrillas, he was involved in several massive South African Defence Force (SADF) conventional cross-border operations, such as Protea, Daisy and Carnation, into Angola to take on FAPLA (Angolan MPLA troops) and their Cuban and Soviet allies.
19 with a Bullet: A South African Paratrooper in Angola - Granger Korff
Innocent Victims: Rescuing the Stranded Animals of Zimbabwe's Farm Invasions - Catherine Buckle
Innocent Victims is the story of how Meryl Harrison rescued thousands of animals caught up in five years of the Zimbabwean land invasions, as farmers and families were forced from their homes to make way for Mugabe's 'war veterans'. Many had to leave their animals behind, and it was Meryl's mission on behalf of the under-funded ZNSPCA, to go into these destroyed farmsteads to rescue countless domestic animals and wounded livestock. All of the stories in the book are first hand accounts taken from Meryl's personal diaries. Some of the rescues are gruesome and heartbreaking but others tell of great courage, ingenuity and joyous reunions. Meryl's mission was not about people or human rights but about animals and their welfare and there was no room for race, politics or prejudice.
Innocent Victims: Rescuing the Stranded Animals of Zimbabwe's Farm Invasions - Catherine Buckle
Carry On Regardless: An Officer's Story - Lt Col Kevin Mulligan
The Personal Memoirs of a Citizen Force Officer in the Rand Light Infantry.
This book gives a remarkable glimpse into the career of a dedicated senior officer
of South Africa's Citizen Force. Kevin Mulligan became, at age of 31, the youngest
colonel ever to have been appointed in the Rand Light Infantry Regiment. He commanded
the RLI Regiment throughout the difficult years of the bush war in South West
Africa / Angola.This is his story….
Carry On Regardless: An Officer's Story - Lt Col Kevin Mulligan
My Mothers Kitchen was a Baobab: The Story of a Rhodesian Family - Ben Bezuidenhout
Not exactly a new book - already in its 3rd printing, 8000 copies sold. An autobiographical romance. Ben Bezuidenhout expresses with affection and deep love, the natural and human environment in which he grew up .... a narrative of courage and struggle, its ambience one of man's interaction with people and nature. Living in Southern Rhodesia, Ben's family found themselves functioning as pioneers ... farms needed development, roads had to be built, water systems established, medical facilities made available, education offered to as many as possible and the essential infrastructure of a modern state provided for all. This adventure works itself through the anecdotal reminiscence of memory. It is laced with humour, acute observation and entertaining appreciation of characters whose work-ethic became second nature.
My Mothers Kitchen was a Baobab: The Story of a Rhodesian Family - Ben Bezuidenhout
A Brick and a Tickey High - Ben Bezuidenhout
The overwhelming success of My Mother's Kitchen was a Baobab, prompted A Brick and a Tickey High. The stories centre around the author's grandfather in the land across the Limpopo River. This is another autobiographical romance and the stories are all factual, with the book going back in time to a wilder and freer age. The campfire was the traditional meeting place in the evenings after a day's work. Many were the occasions the author, then a lad “a brick and a tickey high,” would sit with the old man round the fire and listen to these stories. Through the ensuing years there was this desire by the author to record these events of a time and an age that now no longer exists..…
A Brick and a Tickey High - Ben Bezuidenhout
Really Inside
BOSS: A Tale of South Africa's late Intelligence Service - PC Swanepoel
Petrus Cornelius "Piet" Swanepoel, a full time member with 32 years service,
describes the origins of South Africa's National Intelligence services,
the mystery surrounding the financing of the first attempts to launch
an armed struggle against the National Party government, the controversial
accounts of the Smit murders and the assassination of Dr Verwoerd, the
role played by the CIA in the battle against apartheid and numerous other
subjects. This book was initially written to counter and clarify some
the things that James Sanders wrote in his 2006 book - Apartheid's
Friends - The Rise and Fall of South Africa's Secret Service, Sanders
appeared to have copiously made use of another book that had been written
some 25 years earlier - Inside Boss.
Really
Inside BOSS: A Tale of South Africa's late Intelligence Service - PC
Swanepoel
Soldier Blue
- Paul Williams
Sometimes you can't choose your own battles. Paul Williams' superbly
written memoir of coming of age in Rhodesia explores his experiences
as a young conscript caught up in the bush war of the late 1970s. This
is a compelling, touching and often humorous account of growing up in
Rhodesia and the absurdity of fighting in a loosing war. The ugliness
of the conflict, the trauma of transformation, the agonies of conscience
of the writer, the beauty of the landscape: all are captured here in
brilliant detail. Threading through the narrative is the story of Williams'
obsessive infatuation with the enigmatic, sharp-tongued Bianca Pennefather,
who leads him on a painful emotional and spiritual journey. Looming over
this fragile world is the grotesque experience of the battlefield, where
young soldiers like Paul Williams inexorably shed their illusions and
lost their youth.
Soldier
Blue - Paul Williams
Long Range
Desert Group: Rhodesia - Jonathan Pittaway
"Not by strength, by guile". This long awaited updated and revised 2nd Edition
of the original 'LRDG Rhodesia: Rhodesians in the Long Range Desert Group - J
Pittaway & C Fourie' traces
the history of Rhodesians in the special forces LRDG patrols during the 2nd World
War from their unit's formation in 1940 to disbandment in 1945. It follows their
exploits in the Western Desert, the Agean (including Leros), Middle East & Balkan
theatres. Lavishly illustrated with many previously unseen photos of operations & personnel,
including such well known leaders as Ralph Bagnold, David Stirling & Le Clerc.
It includes organisation, training and operations, and contains the most comprehensive
account of the Rhodesian Patrols of the LRDG - as written by men who were actually
there.
Long Range Desert
Group: Rhodesia - Jonathan Pittaway
Once Upon
a White Man: A Memoir of War and Peace in Africa - Graham Atkins
A riveting memoir by Graham Atkins, this is a true account of an ordinary "white
man" born into Africa and living through extraordinary times. The author's
carefree lifestyle is replaced by the perils of face-to-face combat when
he becomes entangled in the frontline of Rhodesia's vicious 1970's bush
war. Wounded, he is airlifted to safety just as a deal is struck that
will end white rule in Rhodesia and give birth to Zimbabwe. However,
the new nation struggles to embrace democracy and before long Robert
Mugabe is dragging the place back into chaos. With his homeland again
in flames, Graham now races desperately to save his family from ruin.
This book provides a clear summary of Zimbabwe's history and intriguing
insights into the dilemma faced by white Africans trapped between political
extremes. An easy yet gripping read, it confirms that politics and violence
are never far beneath the surface in Africa.
Once
Upon a White Man: A Memoir of War and Peace in Africa - Graham Atkins
Bound for
Africa: Cold War Fight along the Zambezi - Douglass H. Hubbard, Jr
This is the story of the author's introduction to Africa at a time when
much of the continent was in the grips of Cold War skirmishes between
the free world and the communist forces of China and the Soviet Union.
Frayed from three years of service during the Vietnam War, american Hubbard
traveled to Africa intending to become a rural policeman in a quiet area
of what was then Rhodesia. The counterinsurgency war flared soon after,
a conflict that bore many of the same characteristics of the country
he had just left. Hubbard describes his assimilation into the police
force and into Rhodesian society, and he recounts the challenges and
satisfaction of leading and training young Africans. This is a very personal
story of the frustrations he faced and of the attitudes and spirit of
the nation's racially mixed security force.
Bound
for Africa: Cold War Fight along the Zambezi - Douglass H. Hubbard, Jr
To the Bush
and Back: A Story about the last phase of the South African Border
War as experienced by a junior officer of 32 Battalion - Nico van
der Walt
Originally published in Afrikaans as 'Bos Toe!'. There was a time
when the world was still embroiled in the Cold War and when the communist
threat was a reality for many South Africans. That was a time when the
phrase "going-to-the-bush" had a meaning of its own and when many a South
African conscript was obliged to do his "tour" on the Namibian border.
This book tells the story about the bush; the war as well as the people.
It gives a personal account about a young man who reported for military
service with the South African Defence Force in the late 1980's and takes
the reader on a tour de force from Basic and Officers Training, all the
way to the bush of Namibia and Angola during the last battles of the
Border War - including the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale. It also details
the rigorous training; life in the Caprivi, as well as the constant operational
deployments. Lastly, the book describes the events directly after the
war and relates the history of a legendary unit and its people at the
time.
To
the Bush and Back: A Story about the last phase of the South African
Border War as experienced by a junior officer of 32 Battalion - Nico
van der Walt
Buffalo Battalion:
South Africa's 32 Battalion - Louis Bothma
"...In this book we are not the heroes and the enemy the villains; but also not
vice versa. After all was said and done, 32 Battalion was not a beaten force
that capitulated to the enemy at the conclusion of a war. It was a unit that
was disbanded by the supreme high commander of the country's armed forces - the
political head of state, F.W. de Klerk . .....". It is the true story of white
and black soldiers - South Africans, South-Westers (Namibians), Angolans, Australians,
Britons, Rhodesians and others - who, through a combination of circumstances,
landed up in the same battalion where they had to fight secretly for South Africa
in a "terrorist war" beyond the country's borders. Written by a former 32 Battalion
Platoon Commander, the book deals with more than just shooting. It is about who
the men were, how they came to be together, what they learned from each other,
and what happened in the bush; their fears and expectations, their tears and
happiness, their camaraderie and loyalty towards one other.Originally published
in Afrikaans in 2006, reprinted 6 times (10,000 copies sold), this book has now
been up-dated, corrected, and reproduced as a English edition
Buffalo
Battalion: South Africa's 32 Battalion - Louis Bothma
Tatenda:
Reminiscences of the Zimbabwe Bush - Anne Moore
The author served a life time career as a National Parks Warden in various
National Parks spanning the time when the country was known as Rhodesia
through to Zimbabwe. She has presented a series of interesting short
stories reminiscencing her experiences in the wild bush. The book also
includes colour photographs of places, people and wildlife. Contributions
from the sale of this book will go towards 'Tatenda', the orphaned Black
Rhino, in Imire.
Tatenda:
Reminiscences of the Zimbabwe Bush - Anne Moore
How South
Africa Built Six Atom Bombs: And then Abandoned its Nuclear Weapons
Program - Al J Venter
This is a definitive account of how a maverick government was able to
secretly develop and test atom bombs. South Africa - then still dominated
by Pretoria's apartheid-orientated regime achieved that objective within
six years - or roughly half the time it took Pakistan to test its first
nuclear weapon. More salient, it did so with only a fraction of the number
of scientists, technicians and specialists involved in other nuclear
programs, such as those of India, Pakistan and North Korea: there were
never more than a half-dozen nuclear physicists involved in the actual
weaponization of the South African bombs.
How
South Africa Built Six Atom Bombs: And then Abandoned its Nuclear Weapons
Program - Al J Venter
Corporal
K-9 - Peet Coetzee
Peet Coetzee, author of Special Forces 'Jam Stealer' served
in the South African Defence Force Dog School between 1968 - 74. He was
an instructor of this Infantry Unit and this book is a recollection of
his time during that period, as well as some of the experiences of his
colleagues/students operating on border patrols / reconnaissance in other
countries against the SWAP0.
Corporal
K-9 - Peet Coetzee
Operation Miracle - Prop Geldenhuys
Operation Miracle, one of the last major operations during the
final stages of the Rhodesian bush war took place in Mozambique has a
fascinating story. From an Air Force perspective, the book is a sincere
tribute to three bold airmen, who were killed in action on 3 October
1979. They lie in unmarked graves, only God knows where. Two soldiers
were killed on Day 1 of Operation Miracle - their bodies were repatriated
and given decent burials. The aircrew - Hunter pilot Brian Gordon, and
Canberra crew Kevin Peinke and JJ Strydom (SAAF navigator on secondment)
were killed on Day 5, after most of the ground troops had withdrawn from
the battle field. Two months later, the ceasefire was declared, followed
four months later with a change of Government. This new government was
not interested in recovering the aircrew (bodies) who had paid the supreme
sacrifice in the defense of their country. Also, nobody knew exactly
where the two planes had crashed ...…
Operation
Miracle - Prop Geldenhuys
From Fledgling
to Eagle: The South African Air Force in the Border War - Brigadier-General
Dick Lord
The crucible of combat over 23 years forged the fledgling South African
Air Force into a formidable strike weapon, capable of defeating the best
Soviet air defences of the time. The book chronicles the evolution of
the SAAF in the `Border War' that raged in Angola and South West Africa
(Namibia), covering all the major South African Defence Force operations
between 1966 to 1989 . Dick Lord, who writes in a `from the cockpit'
style, has drawn on his own first-hand operational reports and diaries,
incorporating anecdotes from dozens of aviators from a wide variety of
squadrons - Buccaneers, Canberras, Mirages, Bosboks, C-160s and130s and
helicopters. He also expands on the close relationship the SAAF had with
the ground troops in a variety of operations- such units as the Parabats,
Recces and Koevoet.
From
Fledgling to Eagle: The South African Air Force in the Border War - Brigadier-General
Dick Lord
Vlamgat: The
Story of the Mirage F1 in the South African Air Force - Brig-Gen Dick
Lord
This book is an outstanding
compilation of stories and experiences of South African Airforce Mirage
pilots who operated in the Angolan and the SWA/Namibian bush wars. The
author, an British Fleet Air Arm pilot who had served on most of the
Royal Navy's aircraft carriers and an USAAF ex-Top Gun instructor for
several years, was at one time the CO of 1 Squadron (Mirages), the SAAF.
A thrilling account told "from the cockpit".
Vlamgat:
The Story of the Mirage F1 in the South African Air Force - Brig-Gen
Dick Lord
Parabat - Matthew Paul
The highly sought after scarce book has now been reprinted! This book
offers the reader a personalised history of the adventures of those men
in the South African Defence Force who used to be known as the Parabats.
Their experiences are recorded in three historical ‘war epochs’ - the
border wars in Southern Africa, the township wars, and finally, the military
intervention in Lesotho. In the course of countless interviews with the
author, these men relate their experiences in their own words. Though
every effort has been made to verify the details provided in various
accounts, this does not pretend to be an official history.
Parabat - Matthew
Paul
Manzovo: Place of the Elephants - Gary Albyn with Craig Bone
An exquisite coffe-table fomat 107-verse poem depicting the life of a
herd of elephants as they journey from Mana Pools on the banks of the
Zambezi River in Zimbabwe to the Kruger National Park in South Africa.
The essence of the verses has been expertly captured in 200 new original
paintings and illustrations by internationally renowned artist Craig
Bone. Included with the book is a 30-minute audio CD read by South African
actor John Whiteley.
Manzovo: Place of
the Elephants - Gary Albyn with Craig Bone
A
Greater Share of Honour: The Memoirs of a Recce Officer - Jack Greef
A highly sought after scarce book now updated and reprinted !
As a young Staff Sergeant in South Africa's special forces 'The Recces',
Jack Greeff became one of the most decorated soldiers in the SADF. Leading
two-man reconnaissance patrols deep into enemy held territories and operating
under the noses of the enemy, they collected vital strategic information
on enemy movements and installations. Using the information gathered,
he led raiding parties to the targets to execute what were probably the
biggest and most daring acts of sabotage in recent military history.
A Greater Share of
Honour: The Memoirs of a Recce Officer - Jack Greef
Eagle Strike - Colonel Jan Breytenbach
This is not only an autobiography but also a comprehensive journal (640
pages) of one of the greatest airborne assaults ever mounted in Africa
- on a SWAPO fortified base containing its Military Headquarters, logistical
support, reserves and training facilities. Colonel Jan Breytenbach planned,
jumped in and led South African paratroopers into the Battle of Cassinga
in Angola with total commitment, superb strategy and leadership ability
that has made him legendary in military circles worldwide. The assault
was supported by a very strong airstrike by bombers and fighters as well
as by air transport to drop the paratroopers into battle 250 kms deep
behind enemy lines, and thus, of a necessity, the deployment of a veritable
swarm of helicopters to extract the paratroopers back to safety. This
work is destined to become a reference work by which future airborne
operations will be measured by.
Eagle Strike - Colonel
Jan Breytenbach
Ongulumbashe: Where the Bushwar began - Paul Els
This eyewitness account is a must for the serious collector and researcher
of the revolutionary wars in Southern Africa. This book describes the
first clash that took place between elements of the South African police,
army and air force on the one side and Swapo's PLAN soldiers on the other
side. The book also describes how members of the Security Branch
of the SA Police infiltrated the area as employees of PASCO, ostensibly
a private company. All this action leads to the arrest and conviction
of several terrorists. This humble operation "Blouwildebeest" leads
to a bitter and sophisticated war in South Western Africa including Angola.
Ongulumbashe: Where
the Bushwar began - Paul Els
Special Forces "Jam Stealer" - Peet Coetzee
Peet served in the South African Defence Force (SADF) for 33 years, commencing
with border duties in 1968 till SADF ended its role in Namibia in 1994.
Read about this first ever to be told intelligence support role that
he filled, earning him a place to serve with South Africa's elite special
forces - The Recces. Discover the role that Photo Interpreters played
in SADF Operations such as Savannah, Sceptic, Askari, Kropduif (Eheke)
and Reindeer (Cassinga). In one way or other, he had insight
in the majority of the cross border operations that SADF conducted in
those days. The highlight of his military career was his serving 12 years
in the Intelligence Support group for the Recces. His specialised Photo
Interpretation service was specifically directed in aiding the Small
Team Operators. (STO's is covered in two South African Special Forces
books - "A Greater Share of Honour" & "A Journey without
Boundaries" - both available on this website)
Special Forces "Jam
Stealer" - Peet Coetzee
Tango Romeo: The life and times of Jack Malloch - Alan Brough
This biography is a true life action adventure story of incredible human
achievement set against the backdrop of Africa's bloody and turbulent
past - a past which has been largely forgotten by the rest of the world. Jack
Malloch was a pioneering aviator who ran numerous clandestine airlines
in Africa in the early post-independent years where he was involved in
gun-running against the encroachment of Communism. He actively fought
against the UN, yet was in the pay of both the CIA and the French secret
Service. He is most well known as the arch Rhodesian sanctions buster
who almost single-handedly kept Rhodesia alive through a steady supply
of consumer goods, arms and ammunition throughout the years of Rhodesia's
UDI.
Tango Romeo: The
life and times of Jack Malloch - Alan Brough
Ops Medic: A National Serviceman’s Border War - Steven
Webb
This book takes you from South African army's National Service basics
in the SAMS Depot Potchefstroom to training as an ops medic in Pretoria
and from there to the Angolan-South West African border where a counter-insurgency
war had been raging for many years. Published for the first time is the
SADF’s Roll of Honour which lists almost 2,500 of its honoured
dead, killed on active service, and the complete Roll of the SADF’s
Honoris Crux awards for bravery.
Ops Medic: A National
Serviceman’s Border War - Steven Webb
Chopper Pilot
- Monster Wilkins
The personal experiences and exploits of Monster Wilkins, who was regarded
as the South African Air Force’s top helicopter pilot, with over
6,000 hours, of which he has spent in excess of 4,000 hours on his favourite
chopper the Alouette III. He details his service in the various operational
areas, such as Angola, SWA/Namibia, Rhodesia and Mozambique. He was still
serving as a brigadier-general at time of the original publication in
2000.
The original and hard-to-get much sought after publication has been reprinted
- available now!
Chopper
Pilot - Monster Wilkins
We Fear Naught
but God - Paul Els
The story of the elite South African Special Forces ("the Recces")
from inception in the 1960s to disbandment in 1993. A unique account
of one of South Africa's premier units, masters in the art of reconnaissance
and clandestine warfare. Pro-rata, the most highly decorated unit during
the wars in Angola and Namibia / SWA. This is no gung-ho account, but
rather a loving compiled series of accounts put together by the author
who was there at the inception of this fine regiment. This is about the "operators",
the men of the Recces, their exploits in Angola, SWA/Namibia and other
southern africa territories.
The original and hard-to-get much sought after publication is being completely
reworked with more information, updates, corrections and new photographs.
We Fear Naught but
God - Paul Els
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