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Over 5,000 soldiers supported by tanks, armoured cars and air force units begin manoeuvres in an exercise code named Operation
- Updated
- 30 Sep 2019
How we know this
- 01Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood
Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, July 31). Over 5,000 soldiers supported by tanks, armoured cars and air force units begin manoeuvres in an exercise code named Operation. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089600
South African History Online (2012) 'Over 5,000 soldiers supported by tanks, armoured cars and air force units begin manoeuvres in an exercise code named Operation', South African History Online, 31 July. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089600 (Accessed: 26 October 2026).
South African History Online, Over 5,000 soldiers supported by tanks, armoured cars and air force units begin manoeuvres in an exercise code named Operation [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089600, (accessed 26 October 2026).
"Over 5,000 soldiers supported by tanks, armoured cars and air force units begin manoeuvres in an exercise code named Operation." South African History Online, 31 July 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089600. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.
South African History Online. "Over 5,000 soldiers supported by tanks, armoured cars and air force units begin manoeuvres in an exercise code named Operation." South African History Online. July 31, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0089600.
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