Operation Displace | |
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Part of the South African Border War | |
Location | Angola |
Objective | Maintain a force east of Cuito Cuanavale and the withdrawal of SADF soldiers from Southern Angola. |
Date | 30 April - 30 August 1988 |
Operation Displace was a military operation by the South African Defence Force during the South African Border War and Angolan Civil War. It involved maintaining the illusion that the SADF had remained in brigade strength east of Cuito Cuanavale at the end of April 1988 and the eventual withdrawal of all South African military units from south-eastern Angola during August 1988.