Operation Excite/Hilti

Operation Excite/Hilti
Part of the South African Border War
Location
Angola

Operation Excite/Hilti is located in Angola
Mavinga
Mavinga
Calueque
Calueque
Xangongo
Xangongo
Cuito Cuanavale
Cuito Cuanavale
Ruacaná
Ruacaná
Techipa
Techipa
Cahama
Cahama
Operation Excite/Hilti (Angola)
ObjectiveDraw the Cubans out of Techipa and ambush them, preventing an advance to Calueque and the SWA/Namibian border.
DateMay - June 1988

Operation Excite/Hilti (aka Operation Hilti and Operation Prone)[1]: 249 [2] was a set of military operations by the South African Defence Force (SADF) during the Angolan Civil War and South African Border War.

  1. ^ Nortje, Piet (2004). 32 Battalion : the inside story of South Africa's elite fighting unit. Cape Town: Zebra Press. ISBN 1868729141.
  2. ^ Wilsworth, Clive (2012). First in Last Out. eBook. Chapter 11.