Operation Protea*
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Date: August 24, 1981*                     
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Battle location:  Southern Angola*
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Battle Type: South Africa vs. Angola meeting engagement*
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Design by:  C. B. Blackard*
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Description: Until August 1981, the South African defense force attempted to avoid contact with Angolan military forces (FAPLA) in its battles with SWAPO guerrillas in Southwest Africa/Namibia.  By 1981, however, FAPLA had, under the direction of Soviet advisors, established a series of bases in Cunene Province in southern Angola which were providing direct aid to SWAPO.  In August 1981, the SADF launched 'Operation Protea' in order to eliminate these bases.*
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In this scenario, FAPLA forces flee north after the South African 32 Battalion captures the towns of Xangongo and Ngiva.  Blocking the way are elite troops of the 1 and 5 Recces.*   
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SPECIAL VICTORY CONDITIONS:  The South African player achieves a victory if at the end of the scenario his point total exceeds the Angolan player's total by at least 600 points.  Any other result is an Angolan victory.*
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Notes: If played against the AI, this scenario should be played with the human player as the South African side.*
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Source:  Stiff, "The Silent War - South African Recce Operations 1969-1994" (Galago Publishing 2000) pp. 352-57.




