Operation Displace

Operation Displace
Part of the South African Border War
Location
Angola

Operation Displace is located in Angola
Mavinga
Mavinga
Calueque
Calueque
Rundu
Rundu
Cuito Cuanavale
Cuito Cuanavale
Ruacaná
Ruacaná
Techipa
Techipa
Operation Displace (Angola)
ObjectiveMaintain a force east of Cuito Cuanavale and the withdrawal of SADF soldiers from Southern Angola.
Date30 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.