THIS SCENARIO HAS SPECIAL VICTORY CONDITIONS - SEE BELOW*
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Raid on Chetequera*
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Date: May 4, 1978*                     
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Battle location:  Chetequera, Angola*
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Battle Type: South Africa assault vs. Angola defend*
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Design by:  The Camo Workshop*
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Background and description:  On May 4, 1978, the South African military began Operation Reindeer - a major assault against bases of the South West African People's Organisation (SWAPO) in southern Angola.  Operation Reindeer consisted of three separate attacks:  1) an airborne attack on the Angolan town of Cassinga; 2) an overland assault on a series of bases near the Angolan village of Chetequera; and 3) a heli-borne sweep through other SWAPO bases east of Chetequera.*
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This scenario depicts the overland assault against Chetequera involving South Africa's first large-scale combat deployment of its new infantry fighting vehicle, the Ratel (badger).*
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SPECIAL VICTORY CONDITIONS:  South Africa achieves a victory if:  1) ALL victory hexes have a South African flag at the end of the scenario; AND 2) no more than three South African units are destroyed or abandoned.  Any other result is an Angolan victory.*
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Notes: This scenario is designed to be played with the human player as the South African side against an Angolan AI.*
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Sources: www.netcentral.co.uk/~cobus/CASSINGA.htm; Steenkamp, "Borderstrike - South Africa hits SWAPO bases in Angola", (Butterworths Publishers 1983).




