Operation Savannah was the South African code name for their military incursion into Angola in 1975–1976. It was part of the South African Border War and arose due to the Angolan War of Independence.
South African Eland armoured cars in a forward staging area just prior to Operation Savannah.
Soldiers of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces
Memorial plaques in the Voortrekker Monument for four South African servicemen killed during Operation Savannah
The National Front for the Liberation of Angola is a political party and former militant organisation that fought for Angolan independence from Portugal in the war of independence, under the leadershi
FNLA soldiers training in Zaire in 1973