STRIKING INSIDE ANGOLA WITH 32 BATTALION

JOIN 'THE TERRIBLE ONES' ON CLANDESTINE OPERATIONS, IN CONVENTIONAL WARFARE DURING THE HARSH BUSH WAR THAT RAGED THROUGH SOUTHERN ANGOLA IN THE 1980'S. THE CONFLICT ENDED WITH THE LAST MAJOR BATTLE OF THE COLD WAR, ONE OF THE LARGEST BATTLES OF THE LATTER PART OF THE 20TH CENTURY. THIS TITLE PRESENTS AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT BY A SOUTH AFRICAN DEFENSE FORCE (SADF) SIGNALS OFFICER, MARIUS SCHEEPERS, WHO SERVED IN ARGUABLY THE MOST FORMIDABLE BATTLE UNIT THAT EVER EXISTED IN THE HISTORY OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN DEFENSE FORCE 32 BATTALION. IT DESCRIBES HOW MEMBERS LIVED AND FOUGHT IN THE BUSH DURING 1983 UNDER THE MOST DIFFICULT CONDITIONS. BEING THE SIGNALS OFFICER OF 32 BATTALION, SCHEEPERS WAS PRIVY TO ALL MAJOR COMMAND DECISIONS OF THE TIME. ALTHOUGH HE FOCUSES PRIMARILY ON OPERATIONS DURING THE YEAR 1983, INCLUDING OPERATION SNOEK EN DOLFYN, HE INCLUDES CONCISE DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL OTHER MAJOR OPERATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE INSIDE ANGOLA BETWEEN 1966 AND 1988. THIS INCLUDES OPERATION ASKARI (19