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Operation Mobilisation started in 1957 when Walter Borchard, Dale Rhoton and George Verwer traveled to Mexico to distribute Christian literature and Gospels. The Gospels were very important to the men and the beginning of OM's long history. The trip in 1957 was the first of three summer trips to Mexico.
On the 30 May/1 June, operational instructions for Operation Hilti (to be renamed Operation Prone later) was released to the planners by SADF HQ. The instructions required the development of a conventional and counterinsurgency plan for north-west South-West Africa and south-western Angola. [1]: 727
Today, over 4,500 teenagers and volunteers attend the German TeenStreet congress each summer. In recent years, TeenStreet events have also been launched and held annually in Uruguay, Brazil, India, South Africa, Malaysia, Australia and Faroe Islands. Each event is coordinated locally by Operation Mobilisation's home offices.
This Cuban plan would clash with the interests of South Africa in the region. The South Africans had free rein in this region of Angola for a number of years and had been in control of the Calueque hydroelectric and irrigation scheme since 1975 that supplied energy and water to South-West Africa/Namibia. [3]: 237
Reindeer (1978) — South African airborne attack on South West Africa People's Organization base at Cassinga, Angola. Rekstok (1979) — South African attack on SWAPO bases in Angola. Saffraan (1979) — South African attack on SWAPO bases in Zambia. Klipklop (1980) — South African disruption of SWAPO logistics in Angola.
Operation Klipklop (1980) Operation Winter (1980) Operation Wishbone SAAF Operation (December 1980) Operation Vasbyt (1981) Operation Konyn (1981) Operation Carnation (1981) Operation Protea (1981) Operation Daisy (1981) Operation Kerslig (1981) Operation Rekstok III SAAF Operation (March 1982) Operation Super (1982) Operation Meebos (1982 ...
62 Mechanised Infantry Battalion Group was a unit of the South African Army (SADF); although it was classed as mechanized infantry, it was a combined arms force consisting of a Mechanised Infantry Battalion forming the core of the group, Main Battle Tank Squadron, Armoured Car Squadron, Air-defence Battery, Engineer Squadron, Artillery Battery, specialists i.e. EW, MAOT, etc. and all the ...
"The South African Defence Force and Operation Hooper, Southeast Angola, December 1987 to March 1988". Scientia Militaria: South African Journal of Military Studies. 42 (2). doi: 10.5787/42-2-1095. ISSN 2224-0020; Davies, R. Mark. South African Forces in the Border War (Angola and South West Africa) 1980 to 1989 (PDF)