List of wars involving South Africa
Wars involving the Union of South Africa
This is a list of wars involving the Union of South Africa and its successor, the Republic of South Africa.
Conflict | South Africa and allies | Opponents | Results | Prime Minister (1912–94) President (1994–) | Losses |
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World War I (1914–1918 A.D.) | France United Kingdom
Russia | Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria Transvaal | Victory
| 9,726 dead[1] | |
Russian Civil War[2] (1918–1920) | White Movement United Kingdom United States France Japan Italy China Canada Australia India South Africa Czechoslovakia Poland Greece Romania Yugoslavia Estonia | Russian SFSR Far Eastern Republic Latvian SSR Ukrainian SSR Commune of Estonia Mongolian Communists | Defeat (limited involvement)[2]
| Unknown | |
Rand Rebellion (1921–1922) | South Africa | CPSA | Government victory
| 153 dead[3] (both sides) | |
Bondelswarts Rebellion (1922) | South Africa | Bondelswarts | Government victory
| 100 dead, 468 wounded (Bondelswarts) | |
World War II (1939–1945) | Soviet Union United States United Kingdom China France Poland Yugoslavia Greece Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Denmark Norway Czechoslovakia Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa Philippines Ethiopia Brazil Mexico Mongolia | Germany Japan Italy Romania Hungary Bulgaria Slovakia Croatia Finland Thailand Iraq | Victory
| 6,840 dead 1,841 missing 14,589 prisoners | |
Greek Civil War (1944–1945)[4] | Cairo Government United Kingdom South Africa | ELAS | Victory | None | |
Korean War (1950–1953) | South Korea United States United Kingdom Canada Turkey Australia Ethiopia Philippines New Zealand Thailand Greece France Colombia Belgium South Africa Netherlands Luxembourg | North Korea China Soviet Union | Stalemate
| 34 dead[5] 9 prisoners | |
Rhodesian Bush War (1965–1979) | Rhodesia South Africa | ZANU FRELIMO ZAPU ANC | Stalemate
| Unknown | |
Mozambican Civil War (1979–1985)[6] | RENAMO Zimbabwe Rhodesia South Africa | FRELIMO ANC | Stalemate (limited involvement)
| Unknown | |
South African Border War (1966–1989)[7] | South Africa Portugal UNITA FNLA | SWAPO SWANU MPLA Cuba ANC Zambia | Stalemate
| 2,038 dead[8] | |
Natal Civil War (1987–1994)[9] | IFP | ANC | Stalemate[9]
| Unknown | |
Operation Boleas (1998) | South Africa Botswana | LDF rebels | Victory
| 11 dead[10] | |
Battle of Bangui (2013) | South Africa Central African Republic | Séléka | Disputed[11]
| 15 dead[12] | |
M23 Rebellion (2013) | DR Congo South Africa Tanzania Malawi | M23 | Victory
| None | |
ADF Insurgency (2014–present) | DR Congo Uganda South Africa Tanzania Malawi | ADF | Ongoing
| 1 dead | |
Insurgency in Cabo Delgado (2017–present) | SADC South Africa Mozambique Tanzania Angola Botswana Rwanda Malawi Lesotho | Ansar al-Sunna Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant | Ongoing
| 1[13] |
See also
Notes
References
- ^ Commonwealth War Graves Commission Annual Report 2013–2014 Archived 2015-11-04 at the Wayback Machine, page 48. Figures include identified burials and those commemorated by name on memorials.
- ^ a b Scientia Militaria: South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 15, Nr 4, 1985, pp. 46-48. Accessed January 24, 2016.
- ^ Bendix, S. (2001) Industrial Relations in South Africa. Claremont: Juta. p. 59
- ^ See Air operations during the Greek Civil War#South African Air Force
- ^ "Casualties of Korean War" (in Korean). Ministry of National Defense of Republic of Korea. Archived from the original on 2013-01-20. Retrieved 14 February 2007.
- ^ South Africa agreed to withdraw its support for RENAMO in 1984. However, South Africa only withdrew from the Mozambican Civil War in 1985. For more information, see War and Society: The Militarisation of South Africa, edited by Jacklyn Cock and Laurie Nathan, pp.104-115
- ^ Note: South Africa was already involved in combating SWAPO insurgents in 1966, but intervention in Angola started in 1975 with Operation Savannah.
- ^ "SA Roll of Honour: List of Wars". Justdone.co.za. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
- ^ a b Taylor, Rupert. "Justice denied: political violence in Kwazulu‐Natal after 1994." African Affairs 101, no. 405 (2002): 473-508.
- ^ "'A fractious lot': Anatomy of (another) coup in Lesotho". Daily Maverick. 3 July 2015.
- ^ References:
- Helmoed Römer Heitman. [1]
- ^ "CAR battle claims another SANDF soldier". Enca. South Africa.
- ^ "Remains of SA soldier killed in Mozambique handed over to family". africanews.
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