ANGOLA THE WAR Documentary Teaser
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- 🛡️ Join us on an extraordinary journey back in time to witness one of the most intense conflicts ever fought on African soil. For 23 years, five Western nations, Soviet bloc members, and two superpowers engaged in an undeclared war. The South African Defence Force and the CIA-backed UNITA faced off against communist Angolans, SWAPO, Cubans, and Russians. The year was 1966, and the Draft began, summoning every able-bodied white South African male for service. The famed 32 Battalion, predominantly comprising black FNLA veterans, also answered the call.
💪 Amidst the brutal chaos, they adapted physically and emotionally, embracing a call to arms that most could not ignore. This was the Cold War in its rawest form, unfolding on a third-world battleground. The Angolan skies became the most hostile airspace in the world, and the rules of engagement were shrouded in secrecy, leading to fiercely contested outcomes that persist today. The war was fraught with sacrifices and heartache, but ultimately, a hard-won peace emerged victorious.
📽️ "Angola: The War" - A gripping documentary recounting the violent journey towards peace. Many gave their lives, leaving emotional scars and unforgettable memories.
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I want to buy this off RUclips, can you share that link please?
wont allow my card transaction! what must I do?
They gave them an ass whoopin
It's a decent documentary, however in light of the narrative being told mainly from the South African angle it does come out as biased. Towards the end of the documentary the South Africans interviewed even went as far as saying that there was no battle of Cuito Cuanavale which ALL historians cite as the major turning point in the war leading to round table talks, withdrawals and Namibian independence.
It's true that the SADF won most of the major battles in this Bush war but ultimately a stalemate was the end result so much so that each side in the end needed to come to the negotiating table for fear of where the war would go if it continued.
@@silentwatcher1455 are you Cuban troll?
I was there in 1987... I went to Cuba 2 years ago and came face to face with guys who were there. We are all humans, that is all. There is no hate, just sadness and brokenness from what we witnessed. War is terrible ...
I agree but I think what everyone was saying is we were among the best in the world and it even saddens me to see what the SANDF is now. But war is ugly and unnecessary
War is brutal but somehow it's necessary...We people are just like that since we exist.
so you understand nothing
So
@@gabegaram6047 Human nature. World peace is just not achievable. It never will be.
I can only imagine how much more advanced South Africa would be in terms of technology.We would be a first world country now. We were definately on our way there.
We would never be a world power with this corruption in this country
@@somerandom181
Absolutely.
Tragic.
The people of European origin (the boers) would have done that whilst our African brothers and sisters would be dead and yet used as slaves,,, if heaven really exists, the boers are never gonna see it.
SA can never be a first world country when the majority are poor and marginalized. Some part of the country are already first world class for the minority.
We could have been no doubt. Proud of our men back then.
My dad was in the angola war he survived and he is here with me and im lucky to have a dad that survived it cause not everyone made it
My dad too, sadly passed away 2 years ago but I know how u feel
Doreen Geyer
You Boers are truly brave greetings from somalia!!
Your father is a hero! God bless him!
Doreen Geyer I’m not sure if this was the Portuguese Colonial War however my Grandfather was a Portuguese Commando and is still with me luckily.
As a child my mother was a refugee in a humanitarian swapo camp. She almost died during a South African bombing. She still has scars from some of the shrapnel. She is from Eehnana, in Namibia
Gave 10years of my life to this war. Since the war have worked in Angola on numerous occasions. They are a beautiful people. I met many former enemies that fought in the same battles. There was no animosity between us and we spent many hours drinking beer together and just enjoying each other's company and experience.
1982 I was a marine in Brazil, we supose to go to Namibia for peacekipping, and we learned that South African army was one of the best in the world, I left the navy and 1990 come to live in South Africa.
Bring it On..Just like your Usa Marines in Vietnam. Respect. .No Fear.!!
I hope you are blessed in South Africa, Brazil is a great nation, I have met some lovely Brazilians.
Yes it was the best now its the worst
Round 2 is coming soon
I watched this and all the memories started returning. My chest is hurting from the emotions and im gonna say it here and now: To my brothers who until today like me, who returned and carried on with our lives, let us never forget those who stayed behind and payed the ultimate price. Let us not forget the cost. Let us never forget that we are Afrikaner. We are English. We are Zulu. We were from all walks of life. From many countries. We are one nation. Black and white. To my brothers: I SALUTE YOU
The war is Bad
Dankie, ek salueer u ook was 'n medic van SALM vir 202 en 101. Baie outjies wat ek gesien het is huis toe, maar sal nooit weer kon werk nie. Mag GOD gee, dat so iets nooit weer plaas vind nie.
U are a human 👍
@@veikonashapi4141 Amen
Amen!!! Thank you so much!
All of my family members were affected by this war... My grandparents fought, so did their sons... My uncles... Fortunately we lost nobody but PTSD is still strong in some members... My grandfather passed this year and he loved Angola... My dream was to get enough money to have him visit Angola again. Thankfully my grandma is still alive and there is hope I will do it!!
Lembro muito bem. Op.Savannah. amigos que vivemos juntos r para sempre guardados no coração
Tony banana
Conseguiu? Com o covid está ruim. Moras em Portugal ou Brasil?
Bless you and your family from a former South African soldier.
Weet jy van di skerp skut Theunis Kotze
Can someone please tell me where I can get a copy of the documentary? "Angola the war" My Father was a soldier for South Africa during the war.. alone side his brothers in arms he fought for South Africa...
Thank you
Been born in Angola, it was very sad that we had to leave every thing behind, my parents were very broken heart when we had to leave Angola, we lived in Sumbe that used to be called Novo Redondo it was a beautiful town by the beach, than one beautiful day at 12pm the war started we left already when the war started in 1975, I was 10 years old Unita and Mpla were shooting at one another, we were very lucky their let us go that was terrible and scary to see machine guns than my parents and I decided to drive to Rocadas south of Angola we drove to Namibia that was South West Africa at the time, we were very grateful for the South African Army that protected us and the rest of the Portuguese people that came to South Africa that is why i was always Greatful to South Africans and the army was a very great army and very strong no one dare to play with them
Are you in South Africa now?
@@themrmarshallmathers Hi there ,yes I do live in South Africa for the past 45 years
And as a child I watched the war every night on TV as a kid, wondering why someone doesn't do anything to stop it. It was heartbreaking. I saw kids like my black friends and kids like my white friends in Angola, Namibia, and South Africa and one thing was common in all of them. They looked scared. And no country would do anything about it. It was heartbreaking.
@@themrmarshallmathers This may be a weird question, but if you recognise my name then you understand. Are you my Cian?
@@neilcarpano1081 I don't think so, sorry
Lost my brother in this senseless war in 1987. 1 parachute battalion. 21 years old. Such a sad time in my life💔
I'm so sorry my brother 🙏😔
I also lost my brother there in 1987 - 20 Years old 😔 Terrible time
@@0809saline I am so sorry that you and your family also went through this. Tore my family apart.❣lots of love to you
I was there, both as my 2 years and 3 camps, from 1984 to 1989... Hated basic but once posted to SWA and then started doing conyovs and ops into Angola, best time of my life, loved it
I wish those men could come back today and save our country 😢
My broer was ‘n parabat op die grens en ek is sooooooo trots op elke man wat braaf was en hulle deel gedoen het, ek saluut julle!!!!
:"salueer"
I grew up in Angola. Met many guys who fought the war, from all sides. I saw buildings filled with bullet holes, saw minefields, saw knocked out tanks... saw the scars of this war.
I am not ready to meet the enemy - it still feels like yesterday. However, I am extremely proud to have served in the SADF and feel thankful to have been so well trained and with such a high level of discipline and work ethic. It has served me well in life.
Black Cubans kicked your asses there
As a kid (young South African) I was obsessed with this war and always looking for books on it and pictures. Strange looking back today and seeing the actual footage, and even just how my views regarding war has changed over the years. Glad I missed this one
Milan... you can trust your mind... it thinks clear... but speaking your mind at that stage was mindless to say the least.
Shame on the people who say that this and other wars never happened on our borders. To all those brave men reading this, I salute you and thank you for your service.
I was called to duty at 19years old, did 3 months basics then Battlion weapons the remaining 18 months was on the border/SWA/Angola.
I was blessed to return home unscathed, to all my brothers who did not Peace, Light to you.
Respect those who have fallen.
Except the guerillas of course ☺
Yes respect the boers
@@CommanderLongJohn LOL
My grandfather fought in that war as a Cuban soldier he was a Lieutenant Colonel.
@@syskeyerror746 As an infantryman much respect.
As an American boy growing up in Detroit circa late 1970s, the South African soldiers (black and white) were my heroes.
My cousins fought in Southeast Asia and despite American might,
we won the battles and lost the war.
I once met a black guy in Detroit circa 1994 with a weird accent. I found out he was anti Communist Angolan.
He was surprised that any American had heard of Angola let alone understood anything about the post colonial wars against Marxism in Mozambique or Angola. I learned a lot from him.
Hats off to the aging heroes from the war against Marxism.
May God bless the peoples of Angola, Namibia and South Africa with peace and prosperity
In about 1978, our family had a garden in Detroit near our home. The area still showed ruins from the 1967 riots.
It resembled a war zone and was a hostile part of town in transition.
As an eighth grade kid, I had plastic toy soldiers in brown uniforms (like SADF).
Before we began our garden chores, I would depoly my toy soldiers around our garden plots.
My older brothers humored me,
"are the South Africans here, General."
I answered in the affirmative.
"Good, now the place is secure.
Let's get to work."
Dear SADF veterans your efforts influenced a young boy half way around the world. Hand salute...
I am still in love with South Africa today and am considering a visit to SA soon.
As a metro Detroiter, I have lived and worked in almost all white prosperous middle class suburb (safest city in America 1985-2000) and the bank that I work for has a high percentage of African American.
I seldom discuss race or politics and have many great mentors across the various Detroit ethnic groups. Black, Mexican, Chaldean etc. My ancestry is Greek & Irish
Any thoughts or suggestions on making a visit to South Africa.
I can travel on USA or Irish passport..
an admiring Yank,
Timothy Constantine Fronimos
tfronimo@yahoo.com
LOSERS colonialists filthy RACISTS pigs Lol
Wow, nice story Tim! I was SA military 1980- 1981. Spent 42 days in New York, Kansas City, Seattle, Anchorage in 1984. And then my money ran out before I could get a job. Even though it would have been illegal. Everybody wanted to help and said "Fill out this document...." ; first was name obviously. Then social security number. BUGGERED! But because everybody was so nice to me I've been a US fan ever since.
If you ever come to SA (considering Covid- 19 shit) you must definitely come to Cape Town. In the summer, October to March/April. And if you land in Johannesburg and you're into nature and wildlife you might as well go to the Kruger National Park. Although it's going to be very hot over December to February, 40C easily.
Interesting story
My dad was part of an attack helicopter squad that in his words laid waist and destruction on designated targets, he however emphasises his regret for what they did and it was about 4 years ago that he had a business meeting in Angola, when the meeting concluded one of the Angolans asked him if he had ever been in Angola before, he reluctantly answered that he had but only has a pilot during the war and said that being there again in a different capacity that he felt guilty for what they did but instead the Angolan man embraced him and said that its in the past and they both went out for dinner and are now friends
Crazy world we live in
As a Portuguese former soldier I can tell you there was a good cooperation between South African and Portuguese forces. We left Angola in 1975 after a war of 13 years.
Raul Oliveira why did you leave🤷♂️
Politics. Portuguese government decided to give independence to Angola.
Raul Oliveira were you winning the war before they gave them independence🤔
@@mickfunny4185 if I remember correctly
The Portuguese forces won in Angola
Mozambique and Guinea Bissau was still ongoing
If memory serves me correct
Mick Funny military point of view? Yes no doubt politically hell no
I am so proud of our South African Defense Force. Dedicated, professional. I am an Afrikaner through and through. The sacrifices made by our boys back then will never be forgotten. I was just a kid back then, but I remember the news footage.
Invaders everywhere in africa
They died like rats
Kyk nou hoe lyk ons land! Hierdie mense het ons land tot in die grond in regeer. Jus om die video tesien en tesien waar ons vandag is, is tragies!
Ew
My brother served in Hooper and Packer. Thank you Michael David Milne and others for your service. Sadly USA interference caused the downfall of a GREAT COUNTRY. WE WILL RISE AGAIN.
Proud to have served in the SADF: 74/75 Nat service: 75/83 active reserve.
😤🙏👍
I must say watching any documentary about the war in Angola,it does not matter which side of it,which point of view....I only have a tremendous respect for those who fought in Angola,cold war pull all of us in to one of the biggest mess of African history...I was a 17 year old Cuban sent to Menongue august 17 1987,January 3 1988 was moved to Cuito Cuanavale,to the exploration Brg. of the advance command post on the east side of the river,i was in 2 of the 8 major battles of Ciuto,Feb 14 1988 and march 23 1988,three birthdays,794 days,and a lots of sadness in Africa...today I'm 49 still dreaming with the sound of the G-5 and G-6
Say your story bro . I
alex pinedo is there anyway I can contact you sir via email maybe? I m doing a project on the Cuban intervention in Angola and I wanted to interview Cuban veterans that fought in the war. Only if you want to of course. Thanks in advance 💕💕
Salut my friend, I was a gunner in an infantry fighting vehicle, was at Quito for 8 months on the South African side. 14 the Feb was the attack on the 59th brigade, I was there also. 50yrs old now still struggling with the demons of that time. I imagine that the G5's must have been hell, for us it was the migs, truly terrifying. I wish you peace and good times my friend I salute you.
And those G5's were up to 40km away, being moved every night.
Your English is very good Alex!
i was a South Africa soldier in the operational area and we never lost in terms of military defeat. The Cuban/ Angolan soldiers never achieved any of their objectives and lost much more military hardware and soldiers compared to us, even though at times we were outnumbered 5:1. Initially 32 Battalion numbering 3000+ soldiers withstood 4 Cuban divisions numbering over 50 000. They had the latest Russian Mig 23's, T55 tanks etc. We were boycotted and had to adapt and manufacture our own tanks (Olifant), armoured cars (buffel & Ratel), howitzers (G5 & G6), missiles, attack helicopters (Rooivalk), fighter jets (Cheetah) and 10 nuclear bombs. This war which ended 21 March 1990 had no direct bearing on the ANC coming to power, that is a myth. What changed things politically is when President F.W. de Klerk, released Mandela, unbanned the ANC and held a referendum in which white voters voted 68% in favour their black countrymen getting the vote knowing full well that it would be the end of white domination. The black population were in majority by more than 6:1. As South Africans we lost nothing ,but did what was right for the nation. We certainly never lost the war.
Azanian Lion who won then ? In our part of the world the Cuban side of the story is much different and there is documented evidence to back that theme as well. I guess it depends on who is telling the story. 300,000 Cubans fought in that wasted war.
The history books say otherwise. There never was one battle with 50K Cubans.
There were 4 Cuban/FAPLA divisions, a division numbers between 10 000 - 20 000 do the math, obviously in your history books they were either Cuban historians or not very good at arithmetic.
Nobody wins any war, but yes I will admit that both sides will tell a different story, both sides were pawns in the hands of the evil money changer globalist elite, sitting in their ivory towers in Basel, Switzerland, who use the USA and NATO armies to enforce their agenda and create false flags like the staged Syrian chemical attack and air strikes recently. We are naive innocent people used as cannon fodder as they grow rich and powerful on the spoils of war. Their strikes on Iraq were without a UN mandate and illegal. Their strike on Syria was prior to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons were due to go into investigate the next day. They obviously knew that the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons would come up with nothing, so they did a strike claiming to target chemical storage facilities, so that it could never be proven one way or another. What disappoints me was that Trump who said he would drain the swamps was party to this, they have another USA president over the barrel.
Azanian Lion tyrants don't loose
My dad was shoot down in Angola he survive every military incursion in Africa he was present in Congo. Somalia. Ethiopia. Angola. Mozambique. As a fighter pilot he is long gone he realized is not winning in war
Interesting.... where in Angola was he shot down? was he captured by us? POW? the SADF/SAAF did shoot down a number of enemy aircraft (and had one defector) but only know of 2 captured pilots that were part of a UN exchange
Maj Lewer perhaps ???
Bloody hell this looks like a great documentary and one that was always needed to be made. The real, true perspective of what happened that the world needs to see.
I was there also, 2 yrs and camps, went loads of times with 61 Meg, was a ops driver, drove Kewe's. Had some awesome times, got some awesome photo's with some of the Unita guys, went on 2 ops with them., was also at Quito
This documentary brings a throb in my throat. I was at 201 Battalion (the "Bushmen" - ex FNLA soldiers) in 1982 - 19 years old. I had it all - chasing after fleeing insurgents; flying in troop carrier helicopters (Puma) with my feet hanging out; gunships overhead while in contact with the enemy; clearing up the area after contact; sending dead bodies and captured enemies back to Ondangwa after the contact; looking pilots of huge aeroplanes ("Flossies" = Hercules) in the eyes while he's flying over my head at tree-top level; seeing Mirages and Impalas taking off - I had is all. Our base was at Omega in the Caprivi and our forward base was at Ongiva in Angola. I was in the front line against communism, and I'm very proud of it.
I was also in a Bushmen battalion - it was called 54 Battalion when I joined in 1980, and the following year they changed it to 203 Battalion. Based in Bushmanland, just south of the Caprivi, but went on ops all over the border and into Angola. Loved my Bushmen troops, I would love to go back to see them some day. I can still speak a little of the Bushmen language - Xlu (water), maoo (go away), makooa (white man) a nxe xauw (you are being stupid) etc etc
I was there in 87 stationed at Ondangwa airport. Man that was an interesting learning curve.
Dankie manne, julle is my hero's. agv julle kon ek in vrede kind wees.
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just watched it. Really well made and lots of footage and great interviews. Probably a bit one sided and I say this as a former SADF member, but the Cuban documentaries around the subject are no different. Skirts over Cuito Cuanavale so I guess we will never get objective detail on that final battle. Like the idea of having a beer with a Cuban, as long as they bring the cigars ;-)
South Africa was a great country before the ANC, Salute to the SADF from Morocco North Africa
I take it you also salute the French treatment of Morocco?you're one of the occupying Arabs of North Africa,so a white occupation does strike chimes
@@knowstitches7958 You can't really call white people living in South Africa as "occupants". Their ancestors were but these people are born South Africans.
@@Oxide21 and they live off the wealth their ancestors got from brutal oppression and sometimes genocide. whites in SA should go back to Europe
I'm South African. It wasn't a great country.
It was great for the German and Dutch people not South Africans.
I really hope some Cubans and Russians take these guys up on their offer. An interview with them altogether would be amazing. Kind of like the old battle of Britain society where the Germans in the British would get together
By Imperialist you mean the Cubans and Russians right? the foreigners that invaded and got killed then went home with their tail between their legs.
@Augusto Mundombe You lot are the dregs of humanity - communist mongrels. You know nothing and really can't do much - that's why you folded so easily!
VIVA ANGOLA-CUBA-RUSSIA HURRRRRRRRRRRRRAH The indisputable greatest WARRIORS of our beloved World ;)
user12345 lmao you are funny learn your history cubans won the war
Augusto Mundombe hell yeah we cubans kick ass in coito cuanavale
A devastating war, many lives lost, many emotionally scarred for life, but great acts of heroism. Wish I could read accounts of the other side.
I worked 5 years in Angola drilling offshore for Texaco. Our camp was in Soyo & I was there when Savimbi attacked the Soyo camp
I served during the bush war... have the PPM.... think about it most days.... best (and also worst) days of my life! served at AFB Ondangwa... 515 Sqdn. - so many stories!!
My respect. I spent the best part ofmy childhood in Oshikango and Odangwa
@@ayumalani5631 Thanks brother.... what years were you there... used to provide armed guard/escort to childern on the way to school sometimes.... maybe you were one!!?? hahaha - I know Oshikango too..... on the "KapLyn" - tho normally to "hot" to cross at...
This needs to be taught in western history books more. There are so many things we can learn from the hard times in Africa, in addition to understanding why Africa turned out poor.
You nazis are the reason why Africa is fd up🤮
My dad was a medic in the Angola War, he hasn’t said much about it like he tries to avoid the subject. I can only imagine what he went through. All I can say is how annoyed he was, on the lack of international support to stop communism from spreading as the Americans did in Vietnam, and the shame put on them internationally when they came back home. Sad... I’m doing my pilots license with ground school instructors that flew AC130’s in the Rhodesian and Angola war. Great guys, great source of knowledge and best of it all great stories!!
5:01 What a name lol,
thanks mum & dad.
His sister Gaye will be in touch....
LMFAO
He’d break you pencils easily.
🤣 🤣
GELDENHUYS, BREYTENBACH, MOORCROFT, MINAAR, TOMASSEN, most descendents of the Dutch Boers, German or British who came to Africa up to 200 years before, mostly farmers. Angola, Rhodesia and at this moment South-Afrika, all went back to the stone age, such a shame.. And now, after destroying their beautiful continent they bring poverty&crime and assimilation to EUROPE.
God bless the mates who fought in Angola...they know firsthand as all vets do that wars have an instant rebirth.
The SADF was one of the finest defense forces in the world. Despite sanctions and embargoes, many of them imposed by our so-called allies, the ones South Africa fought for during both World Wars, but who turned against the country when it really counted, the SADF gave the Angolans and their communist Russian and Cuban bosses, a serious klap that they never recovered from. I was, and am proud, that I belonged to such a fine, disciplined and extremely effective fighting force. The current SANDF is not a shadow of the once mighty SADF, thanks to CancER regime corruption and mismanagement, adding another "victory" to the bow of a regime that only knows how to destroy. Without a shot being fired at it in anger, this regime has managed to turn the best army in Africa, into a laughing stock. Viva CancER regime!!
Was that the artillery that Canadian Gerald Bull designed or redesigned? I remember he was charged with violating weapons sanctions before he went to work for Iraq and got killed by Mossad.
Pezfeo Yes. The G5 and G6. Back in the 1980s there was nothing that came near it. Still a formidable piece of hardware.
It is actually one of the best in africa still but tell me why do we need a strong army? We dont
Can you please give proof about your comment ...treated the native animals and unjustly killed them daily
@@aranos56vm If you need proof look at history buddy apartheid was one of the most immoral crimes ever committed
im shocked as a south africa how these wars are completely ignored by our schools eduction in schools, finishing highschool in 2015 not a word about the south african border wars were uttered
Because they don't want to tell you the truth.
It shouldn't shock you , the white man is the reason black Africans is not satisfi with themselves
I am Cuban, all men in my family fought there, SD soldiers were good...
I respect you brother... good to hear from someone from the other side... I was on Ondangwa (and crossed over the cut-line once or twice)... an old man now but always wondered how the Cubans felt about it now... we respect our enemy... would be good to chat over a beer
@themailman43 many want to go back.
@@cmulder007 I dont respect White Supremacist! Accept Black rule and shut up!!!
@@MrAmhara I don't respect black supremacists. Majority black rule in Africa has been a disaster.
Cuban is best friend of Việt Nam.
19 Years old, all of us were committed to do whatever it takes to kill the enemy and now almost 30 years later was it worth it?
After my two years in the SADF I emigrated to the US. I went to Cuba with a tour group a few years ago, when Obama opened up tourism. I asked my guide what she remembered about the Cuban soldiers in Angola. She said her father had been part of it, but only on supply ships, & he refused to discuss those days. I asked her if, thru him, she could connect me with any ex soldiers from that conflict, so we could sit down over the beer and talk about those days. She said that would probably not happen. A lot of Cubans never came home or were badly injured and she said no one ever talked about Angola. Those were bad days for Cuba. In another attempt, a friend told me at our local airport that a ex- cuban pilot who was now flying jet charter , had flown Migs in Angola. My friend said he would try connect us the next time the Cuban pilot came to town. The pilot refused to meet with me..............
You came to the us...
I decided to, on this platform, salute my buddies who died in action in Angola in 1982, in the struggle against Communism. We were from 201 Battalion (Omega, Caprivi). They perished north from Ongiva, in the Angolan bush. That year we had 4 deaths-in-action but only these two were known to me:
1) Billy van Heerden from Pietermaritzburg. An enemy mortar fell between his legs that flung him into a tree. There he was hit by several enemy bullets. He died on the scene;
2) Whitey Verwey from Port Elizabeth. He was struck by an enemy bullet in the head, from a side-angle. He died instantly.
3) Also respect to my platoon sergant, Sersant Josè, a professional soldier - ex FNLA. He was seriously injured in combat and became permanently "light duty";
4) Also respect to my platoon commander, luitenant Terblanche, for good leadership. He who grew up in Zambia.
Sersant José was my korporaal gedurende 1980 op Omega. Baie goeie dril instrukteur. Ek het nooit weer gesien nadat hy die kadette moes gaan oplei op Alpha nie.
Ons het 'n paar vrekgeskiet in 1980.
@@janaucamp6510 Ek het hier rondom 1990 vir Sers José raakgeloop op Messina. Hy was toe daar gestasioneer en ek was daar 'n jong prokureur. Ja ons het ook gemaai onder hulle. Goed om van jou te hoor.
I would do it all over again. Fear none but GOD. Ou troopie. Brothers in arms.
Waiting
Dankie vir Oom se Diens
The truth, that's what really happened at that battle, not what the communists teach in school
I'm Angolan and I'm so grateful for everything you have done for my country.
Aguinaldo Goncalves, what exactly have the South African soldiers done for Angola? The Cubans have done. Up until these days Angola has Cubans doctors and teachers all over the country!
You're an idiot...
@@zanguiza Genl. Ochoa the Cuban C.I.C when returning home to Cuba was immediately arrested and charged for poaching in Angola. But other sources have indicated that he was actually charged for never having been able to achieve Fidel Castro's instructions of defeating the SADF.
I was with several former U.S Marines in Rhodesia in 78, setting up and defending safe zones for civilians. I met then, and met many more since, quite a few SADF men.......Great Patriots and soldiers. Such a fucking shame what happened to Rhodesia and SA.......God bless all those good people who had their rightful homelands stolen
Anyone remember David Riekert. 1977 to 1980. Recce. Don't know much more. He died 2020. Would love to hear from you if you have met him
And now we have no army or airforce...very sad that all that skill and knowledge we had is now lost. I am proud to say I was part of the SADF in the 70's and 80's.
You guys killed children within the borders of SA. Nothing to be proud of there. Hector Piterson was killed by the SADF in Soweto during the 1976 uprising. Murderers!
No! Hector was killed by the police!
Ok, I concede I was wrong re Hector. However, my point was that SADF was used to kill civilians, blacks to be specific hence even today any politician that wants SANDF to be involved in domestic unrests everyone becomes tense.
I agree to that.It really was a crap war. My biggest fear of the army getting deployed to our streets is that a lot of the army is aligned to a political party and will break thew rules to "Show others who has the biggest stick" What im saying is that if SANDF is deployed to keep peace somewhere and they are aligned to ANC and a red beret EFF supporter gives them a hard time they will use abusive force against them. This is pretty much what happened with SADF, a lot of people were aligned to a political party and crossed the line.
Sanele Fakude, the skills and knowledge could've easily been transferred to the new South Africa, but our government uses the army to reduce unemployment.
The glory days of the South African Military industrial complex
Aprollo,,,,,, the glory days of a civilised rich South African country,,,,, and now basically a bankrupt shithole of a once beautiful country now run by communist scum.
@@safa4580 greatest days for the Beasts of the North
My grandpa from South Africa fought in this war
They fought for their right to self determine, they were betrayed by politicians.
nikanaughty somethings never change.
"self-determine the rights of other people, like in Angola, ha!
Who ?
big time
I worked in the middle east in Baghdad. The USA Commander's always made a statement when they ask where did you serve your time and it was SA. There statement was the South African Army was the Strongest Bush Warfare in the world.
Now look at our army, cant even put on a simple military parade without screwing it up...aishhh!
yep...saw them parade in Cape Town recently...effin joke
BTW ..I was SADF infantry 1977 to 1980
Well good. At least they sleep well at night..unlike sadf guys who have drepressions and spending their lives in bars because their heads got fucked up by the war crimes they commited defending an illigitimate minority goverment. Killing school kids , for fighting for freedoom and because they have black skins .
@@lelethugani6757 Like Vietnam for the Americans?
@@Dom-fx4kt yes. A lot of these guys suffer from depression. Very said story..
I hope they get together and talk things over, this is the best way to start the healing process.
Calling on All former SADF, SWAPO, UNITA, FAPLA, MK, CUBAN and SOVIET soldiers that would like to tell their stories about the Southern African Bush War / Angolan Civil War please PM me and we would love to be in contact.
see if you can get Arn Durand to tell his story. He's former Koevoet and his youtube channel: ruclips.net/channel/UCTirziQ2IEB8Xn60gvLbyxQvideos?view=0&sort=dd&shelf_id=0
Please make sure you talk about Battle of Cuito Cuanavale....did MPLA win?
No, MPLA lost along with Cuba, East Germany and Russia.
Lion Mountain TV respect Lion Mountain that you want to get all side
As a former 61 mech crew commander from 1 SSB, i am extremely proud of my and my units history
South Africa, once Africa's pride, see how far you've fallen under democracy!!!
You're praising the boers that colonized you??
You have to admire the discipline by the South African armed forces. Fully professional and true to their culture.
I can only say
Praise god
For the indomitable spirit of brotherly love for his fellow but forgien soldiers
I was fortunate enough to meet a former Cuban combatant. He had not fought in the theater I had but it was still a wake up call .... meeting a former enemy. He was human, like me. Something the USA should get into their heads ... after all, they sponsored this particular war, when it suited them.
Not journalism when you're just interviewing south Africans. I have talked to Angolans, black and white Cubans even American residents in Angola. For them Angola won its independence and have a freedom perspective. South Africans had Mandela and freedom fighters in prison, they were the torturers of blacks and of Africa. Don't romanticize these guys
@@ricardomurillo5205 You are living in the past - get your head out of the sand
@@leonscheepers5350 it's convenient to throw all wrong doing under the wrug of "it's the past" isn't it? And with no lesson and humble acceptance that there was mistake, the idiocy is bound to happen again.
Actually what happened is USSR Collapsed and Cuba was running out of supplies and money because USSR could no longer support them. South Africa was going to give Namibia its independence regardless of Cuba because of sanctions from US and UK so Cuba had to make a deal with UN to leave Angola peacefully to save some face because the attack to oust UNITA failed and the war was becoming protracted, expensive and unsustainable without SOVIET assistance. Fidel Castro executed his general Sanchez and four of his officers because they were filthy drug dealing scumbags who were using Cuban military resources to traffic cocaine to the US among other things . When the Cuban army was gone, Angola's civil war carried on for another 10 years with many thousands of Angolan people dying. So in fact Cuba did nothing for the Angolan people or Namibia. Today Angola is one of the most corrupt governments in the world and the people are still piss poor.
Thanks to Cuba Angola, Namibia are free country now....and Mandela was free
@@kingdelpollo1567 "free", to live in a shit hole of corruption.
And South Africans are still fighting over land.
Nice to see someone actually knows what they’re talking about instead of just bragging how great their “side” was.
Well written Paul, that's exactly how I saw it.
Was there in 1975 !
No one told us what we were doing there.
FW, Malan,Geldenhuys,Kat Liebenberg etc etc
So trots op hulle, hulle was ons kêrels, seuns en mans en ons het vir hul gewag. Hul was nog so jonk maar sooo braaf.
Respect from brazil, SADF!!
Boere 👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
No cockhead not just boere
@NEW WORLD 🧂
I was stationed at Bagani, on the border, around 1976/1977. There were a couple of worrying moments, when I thought that the stuff was going to hit the fan, but fortunately nobody ever shot at me, nor did I have to shoot anybody. (Our biggest concern was always landmines.) About two decades later, I was teaching at a college in Cape Town, where we had a number of (black) Namibian students in class. One very pleasant and friendly young man told me that he had been a member of SWAPO. So, if we had met in the bush, all those years before, we would have been expected to shoot each other! What a crazy war! (In reality, our age difference probably meant that he would not have been an active soldier while I was in the army, but some of those guys started very young.)
I served in 61 meg operations. Will never forget my mates. War will always be sad...
@christo bosman yes agree on that
where are the portuguese Comandos they unleashed avoc in angola war. after all it was a portuguese colony until 1975
From Portugal, ikr?
Tenente Coronel Santos e Castro from FNLA?
My uncle was a radio operator for the Comandos. He told me about one fight that 12 of them had from a small fortress vs 1500-2000 tribals that were sent in with spears and bows while the UNITA, MPLA and FNLA waited. Once the Comandos ran out of ammo, those other whoresons with the guns came, they used innocent tribes as meatshields. Good thing on that day the tropa macaca (Regular Port. Infantry, Comandos call them monkey troop) arrived, otherwise my uncle Mario and his platoon would have bought it.
@@Vara91391 Incredible story, my friend, thank you so much for sharing. I bet your uncle was a really brave soldier.
@@Vara91391 Spears and bows? Wath Year was That? And also how many troops Did your Uncle fought with, i cant belive UNITA?, MPLA? and FNLA(Wath are these coalitioions) just had 12 troops.
A much overlooked conflict. Would love to hear first hand stories from the soldiers.
Not journalism when you're just interviewing south Africans. I have talked to Angolans, black and white Cubans even American residents in Angola. For them Angola won its independence and have a freedom perspective. South Africans had Mandela and freedom fighters in prison, they were the torturers of blacks and of Africa. Don't romanticize these guys
Long live the South African people! Stay strong!
only dead red is good red
Stargazer X What does that mean ?
That means....
DEATH TO THE MPLA!!!
We where soldiers, everyone fought to the best their abilities. I salute you all.
Great looking documentary - I have to find it.
Jannie Breytenbach ......LEGEND !
Respect and Honor to the living and the fallen of SADF 🙏
if u go to Angola, u can see villages who still have the bullet holes, im Angolan and i learned more from this documentary then the classes they gave us
The education there is very poor
We were known as a powerful force back in the day now we’re a joke, God please bring back our glory 🇿🇦❤️
perhaps if you threw that flag in the garbage... that is the flag of the communist and the zionist, a symbol of the enslavement of the white man.
There is a sleeping lion in the heart of the boer. I pity these hooligans in parliament the day that lion wakes up.
Bnei Hashem I pray the Boer awakens from his slumber soon.
hahahaha
Renny have a good laugh
pieter bender definitely I have a good reason to laugh !
Renny enjoy.....
D'accordo, la SADF sarà una macchina da guerra invincibile ma sinceramente una cosa non l'ho mai capita: perché invece di comprare Mirage francesi non comprava gli F 16 di fabbricazione statunitense che erano decisamente migliori ?
Before 1994, we had a strong defence force that was the pride of South Africa and well respected in the world. Ons vir jou Suid-Afrika!!!!
We were a beautiful country. So sad to see what it's become
Its was this war my uncle fought in, the stories of 32 that made me go with no fear to the army
Passo triste, presente de glória! Angola meu país. 🇦🇴
I am a veteran of the Angola War 1986 I only have good memories of a beautiful country and a very good staff
RECCE were badass
@Clo O I agree
Sad to see what happened to South Africa after they left.
@Mustafa, He meant that when whites left African countries turned to shit. Rhodesia and South Africa are great examples. You can say the same. blacks who wanted 'freedom' now can choke on it.
@@NubiansNapata o shut up with your revenge get over yourself
@@rideandsmile822 Nice one ;) Lol
240pixel whites haven’t left SAfrica
@@augustomundombe829 you don't know what you're talking about...
Thanks for this video
My country
I grew up during the war, only in 2002, when i was 13 years, we realized that evrything was ok. May people stop the war around the world, we Just need to love one another, then God will bless us.
Stop 🛑 the war, think at the children, please...
Want to watch this. It will help me understand my Father and Uncles better.
The Boers are an amazing people.
They lost. LOL
@WE WUZ VIKANGS!!! n shiet. Y'all lost you clown.
@WE WUZ VIKANGS!!! n shiet. Y'all lost to Angola and Cuban.
The SADF lost a mere 715 men in Combat, the Cubans 10 000 upwards, Swapo 3000 upwards MPLA unknown....these statistics speaks for themselves. The SADF remains undefeated and unchallenged on the battlefield. Suck on that you Communists
@@Thebudokid87 So why are you still so salty?
Oh man, I'm an Aussie with no connection to South Africa other than having friends from there. No way I'd ever take a Saffa on in a fight. Those dudes are tough as nails. Any idea if this doco is available in Australia?
send me a message I will send you a copy
@@blackprawn900 Hi Marius ek soek graag die Grens Oorlog dokumentêr, hoe kan ek dit bekom?
I'm from England but lived in Sa for 12 years and I'm telling you south African men aren't tough they act tough but are emotional wreaks on the inside.
@@raphwalker9123 Really, step out from behind your keyboard and lets see who is tough, what a stupid comment.
@@raphwalker9123 tosser
3:24 my uncle was with him, my uncle was a recce NCO and he told me this story, if you want to look up my uncle his name is Renier Hugo
I work at a casino here in Montana and couple years back we hired a old man in his 60s who lived in the affected area. He didnt like talking about his past but to a select few. But one of my co-workers who was my best friend told me he was a soldier in a war there. I had a idea it was this one but I thought he was just boasting his ego to seem important. Until I came across him writing mail to someone saying he wanted the United States to get involved again to bring peace back to Africa and deliver a hard blow to the mpla. I was like "shit!, This guy really was there!" I always felt bad for the people there. Their home turned into a hardened battle zone
Thanks you colchetes for save mi in Angola. good bless you
Agree, looks great I am very interested. When and where can the full series be available?
Stream or Buy online at vimeo.com/ondemand/angolathewar , DVD will be available March 2018 from library@aquavision.co.za
Stream or Buy online at vimeo.com/ondemand/angolathewar , DVD now available from library@aquavison.co.za
Christo Ras have you watched it because I see one of the comments on vimeo mentions that the documentary has a different narrator, as in the trailer, and that he is actually condescending toward the south africans.
Hi wescron1986 our company produced it, and our CEO Peter Lamberti is an ex-Recce operator. The first narration was done for international broadcasters but Peter had it removed as soon as he heard it. He is trying to be as neutral in the doccie as possible and has interviews with Russians, Cubans and we are hoping to release a Directors Cut with SWAPO interviews. BUT he wants to be true to our soldiers and their experiences.
Not journalism when you're just interviewing south Africans. I have talked to Angolans, black and white Cubans even American residents in Angola. For them Angola won its independence and have a freedom perspective. South Africans had Mandela and freedom fighters in prison, they were the torturers of blacks and of Africa. Don't romanticize these guys