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eventREF E-0012422Revised

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SADF troops kill SWAPO guerrillas

Date
23 May 1980
Updated
30 Sep 2019
SADF troops kill SWAPO guerrillas

81 South West African nationalist guerrilla fighters were killed by South African soldiers on 23 May 1980, during the protracted conflict for Namibian independence.

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  1. 01Namibweb ANGOLA AND SOUTH WEST AFRICA: A FORGOTTEN WAR (1975-89) [online] Available at: www.namibweb.com[Accessed on 23 May 2013]
  2. 02Philly.com Namibian Guerrillas Blunder Into Carnage [online] Available at: https://articles.philly.com [Accessed on 23 May 2013]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

Cite this entry

South African History Online. (2011, March 16). SADF troops kill SWAPO guerrillas. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012422

South African History Online (2011) 'SADF troops kill SWAPO guerrillas', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012422 (Accessed: 30 July 2026).

South African History Online, SADF troops kill SWAPO guerrillas [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012422, (accessed 30 July 2026).

"SADF troops kill SWAPO guerrillas." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012422. Accessed 30 July 2026.

South African History Online. "SADF troops kill SWAPO guerrillas." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012422.

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