“City of New Orleans” is a folk song written by Steve Goodman, and recorded around 1972 Arlo Guthrie. Since then many artists covered this song, notably Willie Nelson, John Denver, Johnny Cash, Sammi Smith, Lynn Anderson. This version of the song was done by Kenny Oliver. His interpretation includes a steel guitar, lead guitar and […]
This video is a shortened version of a 1988 SABC documentary. The SADF withdrew from Angola after the successful completion of Operations Modular, Hooper and Packer. Most people knows little about these operations except for the battle of Cuito Cuanavale. The withdrawal started after the battle. An artillery group however remained stationed for a longer […]
Rise O Voices of Rhodesia was adopted as the national anthem of Rhodesia in 1974, during the years of international isolation that followed its Unilateral Declaration of Independence from Britain in 1965. The tune was that of the “Ode to Joy” from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 (“The Choral Symphony”), which was also used by the […]
As the war escalated the Rhodesians increasingly resorted to external raids, attacking targets in Mozambique, Angola and Zambia. Their view of these raids is reproduced in the fictionalised account of the Green Leader raid, Operation Zambezi. The Green Leader raid was not the most significant strategically, but it was the most heavily publicised, within Rhodesia […]
Some milestones in the South African history: 1652 – Dutch Settlers arrive under the leadership of Jan van Riebeeck 1795 – British occupation 1800 onwards – the Zulu kingdom becomes mighty 1835 – Dutch and other settlers leave the Cape colony 1838 – Zulu-Boer battle at Blood River 1879 – Anglo-Zulu war 1880 – First […]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Modular In August 1987, four brigades of the Soviet-led FAPLA forces (the 47th, 59th, 16th and 21st brigades), departed from the Angolan city of Cuito Cuanavale with the aim of capturing the UNITA stronghold at Mavinga, which was the gateway to Jonas Savimbi’s capital of Jamba. The presence of an armoured formation in the form […]