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Operation Reindeer, which began on 4 May 1978, was South Africa's second major military operation in Angola, carried out under the Apartheid regime, the first being Operation Savannah. The South African operation consisted of an assault by 2 South African Infantry Battalion on two South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) base complexes, and , near to the then-South West Africa/Angola border; an assault by the elite 32 Battalion on SWAPO's Omepepa-Namuidi-Henhombe base complex around 20 km east of Chetequera; and finally, the attack the operation is most known for — a controversial airborne assault by paratroopers on Cassinga, a refugee camp and SWAPO's regional headquarters, 260 km inside Angola. The operation ended on 10 May 1978.

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  • Operation Reindeer (en)
  • Operation Reindeer (de)
  • Operação Rena (pt)
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  • Die Operation Reindeer war eine militärische Aktion der südafrikanischen Armee (SADF), in deren Verlauf es zum Angriff auf Cassinga kam. Die Operation Reindeer fand vom 4. Mai bis 10. Mai 1978 statt und war die zweite große militärische Aktion der südafrikanischen Armee auf angolanischem Boden, die nach der Unabhängigkeit Angolas am 11. November 1975 stattfand. Bereits 1975/76 fand die statt. (de)
  • Operation Reindeer, which began on 4 May 1978, was South Africa's second major military operation in Angola, carried out under the Apartheid regime, the first being Operation Savannah. The South African operation consisted of an assault by 2 South African Infantry Battalion on two South West Africa People's Organisation (SWAPO) base complexes, and , near to the then-South West Africa/Angola border; an assault by the elite 32 Battalion on SWAPO's Omepepa-Namuidi-Henhombe base complex around 20 km east of Chetequera; and finally, the attack the operation is most known for — a controversial airborne assault by paratroopers on Cassinga, a refugee camp and SWAPO's regional headquarters, 260 km inside Angola. The operation ended on 10 May 1978. (en)
  • A operação Rena, foi uma intervenção militar iniciada em 4 de maio de 1978, a segunda maior do tipo que a África do Sul, sob regime do apartheid, fez nos territórios de Angola, somente superada em dimensão pela operação Savana. (pt)
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  • Operation Reindeer (en)
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