Jan Breytenbach
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Jan Dirk Breytenbach was a South African Special Forces military officer and author of military books. He is best known as the first commander of 1 Reconnaissance Commando, South Africa's first specia
Colonel Jan Breytenbach
Battle of Cassinga
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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 military camp at the town of
Jan Breytenbach
…group became the elite 32 Battalion, or "Buffalo Battalion". He attended Staff College in 1977 and was promoted to colonel. In 1978, he led the SADF air assault on Cassinga, and would later continue for long contest opposing versions of the event in the press. He became senior staff officer for operations at Northern…
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ZPU-2 anti-aircraft gun
Depiction of the Cassinga massacre at the Namibian Independence Memorial Museum.