Angola: The War
A faraway war... A clash of ideologies... And some of the biggest battles fought on African soil since World War Two.
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For twenty-three years, five western nations, members of the Soviet bloc and two superpowers were locked into a war never formally declared. It all began in 1966. Once the Draft started, every able-bodied white South African male was called up for service.
- Created by
- Peter Lamberti
- Origin
- US
Cast
- Anton BeukmanHimself - Former Member, Seaborne Special Forces
- Jan BreytenbachHimself - Founder, 32 Battalion (as Col. Jan Breytenbach)
Fidel CastroHimself - President of Cuba (archive footage)- Jannie GildenhuysHimself - Former Chief, South African Defense Forces
- Maxim GladkovHimself - Former Soviet Interpreter
- Dick LordHimself - Former Officer Commanding Air Command Post, SADF (as Brig. Gen. Dick Lord)
- Jan MalanHimself - Former Field Commander, 61 Mech, SADF
- Gert MinnaarHimself - Former Member, 61 Mech, SADF
- Koos MoorcroftHimself - Former Sergeant Major, South African Defense Forces
- Craig ThomassenHimself - Former Member, Corps of Engineers, SADF
