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South West Africa Command was a command of the South African Army. South West Africa Command was one of the South African Defence Force's regional commands...

The South West Africa campaign was the conquest and occupation of German South West Africa by forces from the Union of South Africa acting on behalf of...

The South West Africa Territorial Force (SWATF) was an auxiliary arm of the South African Defence Force (SADF) and comprised the armed forces of South West...

West Africa Command was a Command of the British Army. Conflicting information indicates that the command was either based at Achimota College in Accra...

(SANDF), along with the South African Air Force, South African Navy and South African Military Health Service. The Army is commanded by the Chief of the Army...

The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) comprises the armed forces of South Africa. The commander of the SANDF is appointed by the President...

German South West Africa (German: Deutsch-Südwestafrika) was a colony of the German Empire from 1884 until 1915, though Germany did not officially recognise...

operations in Africa was divided across three unified commands: United States European Command (EUCOM) for West Africa, United States Central Command (CENTCOM)...

Liberation Front of Angola, FNLA), found refuge in the then South African-controlled South West Africa. From these troops, Colonel Jan Breytenbach together with...

The South African Special Forces Brigade, colloquially known as the Recces, is South Africa's principal Tier 1 special operations forces, specialising...

Formation came into being as part of a restructure. South African Armour Corps units previously under the command of various different brigades and other formations...

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres (1,739 mi)...

44 Parachute Brigade was a parachute infantry brigade of the South African Army. It was founded on 20 April 1978,: 5  by Colonel Jan Breytenbach, following...

what was then known as northern Africa, located west of the Nile river, and in its widest sense referring to all lands south of the Mediterranean, also known...

The South African Army Infantry Formation supervises all infantry within the South African Army. South African Infantry originated as the Infantry Branch...

forces of South Africa from 1 July 1912, when the Defence Act (No 13 of 1912) took effect, two years after the creation of the Union of South Africa, until...

Bologna Turin Aosta Imperia The 6th South African Armoured Division was the second armoured division of the South African Army and was formed during World...

invade German South-West Africa (now Namibia). The South African Union Defence Act of 1914 prohibited the deployment of South African troops beyond the...

providing infantry support in the low-intensity Border War in Angola, South-West Africa and Rhodesia. As the war progressed, the intensity of air operations...

The South West African Police (SWAPOL) was the national police force of South West Africa (now Namibia), responsible for law enforcement and public safety...