Independence of Namibia
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| Part of the Cold War and Decolonisation of Africa | |||||||||
 Clockwise from top left: FAPLA MiG-21bis on an airstrip; SADF convoy patrolling Namibian roads; 1981 protests against SADF aggression in Angola; Soviet advisor with FAPLA soldiers; UNTAG peacekeepers just prior to Namibian independence; SADF expeditionary troops loading a mortar in the operational area |
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
Anti-communist forces: South Africa South West Africa
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African nationalist forces: SWAPO (PLAN) SWANU
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
 Gerrit Viljoen Willie van Niekerk Louis Pienaar BJ Vorster Pieter Willem Botha Cornelius Njoba Peter Kalangula Jonas Savimbi
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 Solomon Huwala António Franca Iko Carreira
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| Strength | |||||||||
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~71,000 (1988) South Africa:30,743 SADF troops in Angola and Namibia South West Africa:22,000 SWATF troops 8,300 SWAPOL police |
~ 94,000 (1988)  SWAPO:32,000 PLAN guerrillas  Cuba:12,000 FAR troops in southern Angola Angola:50,000 FAPLA troops |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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2,038 – 2,500 |
11,335 2,016–5,000 (including Angolan Civil War casualties) |
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| Namibian civilian dead: 947–1,087 | |||||||||
Military stalemate
Sam Nujoma Tobias Hainyeko Peter Nanyemba Dimo Hamaambo Peter Mweshihange
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