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A SADF unit is ambushed at the Cabinda oil refinery in Angola and Capt. Wynand du Toit is taken captive.
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Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, May 18). A SADF unit is ambushed at the Cabinda oil refinery in Angola and Capt. Wynand du Toit is taken captive.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083613
South African History Online (2012) 'A SADF unit is ambushed at the Cabinda oil refinery in Angola and Capt. Wynand du Toit is taken captive.', South African History Online, 18 May. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083613 (Accessed: 10 September 2026).
South African History Online, A SADF unit is ambushed at the Cabinda oil refinery in Angola and Capt. Wynand du Toit is taken captive. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083613, (accessed 10 September 2026).
"A SADF unit is ambushed at the Cabinda oil refinery in Angola and Capt. Wynand du Toit is taken captive.." South African History Online, 18 May 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083613. Accessed 10 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "A SADF unit is ambushed at the Cabinda oil refinery in Angola and Capt. Wynand du Toit is taken captive.." South African History Online. May 18, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083613.
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