User:Mikrobølgeovn/List of wars involving South Africa

This is a list of wars involving South Africa, since the foundation of the Union of South Africa on 31 May 1910.

Conflict	South Africa and allies	Opponents	Results	Prime Minister (1912–94) President (1994–)	Losses
Maritz Rebellion (1914–1915)	South Africa	South African Republic	Government victory Rebellion suppressed	Louis Botha	225 killed^[1] (both sides)
World War I (1914–1918)	France United Kingdom Russia Italy United States Serbia Belgium Romania Australia Canada New Zealand South Africa Greece Portugal Brazil Japan Nepal Siam Hejaz	Germany Austria-Hungary Ottoman Empire Bulgaria	Victory End of the German, Russian, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian empires Formation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East Establishment of the League of Nations	Louis Botha	9,726 dead^[2]
Rand Rebellion (1921–1922)	South Africa	SACP	Government victory Rebellion suppressed	Jan Smuts	153 dead^[3] (both sides)
World War II (1939–1945)	Soviet Union United States United Kingdom China France Poland Yugoslavia Greece Australia Canada New Zealand South Africa Denmark Norway Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Czechoslovakia Ethiopia Brazil Mexico Colombia Cuba Nepal Philippines Mongolia	Germany Japan Italy Romania Hungary Bulgaria Slovakia Croatia Thailand Iraq	Victory Collapse of the German Reich Creation of the United Nations Emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as superpowers Beginning of the Cold War	Jan Smuts	6,840 dead 1,841 missing 14,589 prisoners
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	Stalemate The Korean Armistice Agreement Minor territorial changes	D.F. Malan	34 dead^[4] 9 prisoners
Rhodesian Bush War (1965–1979)	Rhodesia South Africa	ZANU FRELIMO ZAPU ANC	Stalemate Lancaster House Agreement	B. J. Vorster	?
Mozambican Civil War (1979–1985)^[5]	RENAMO Zimbabwe Rhodesia South Africa	FRELIMO ANC	Stalemate Non-aggression pact (Nkomati Accord)	P. W. Botha	?
South African Border War (1966–1989)^[6]	South Africa Portugal UNITA FNLA	SWAPO SWANU MPLA Cuba ANC Zambia	Stalemate Withdrawal of foreign forces from Angola Independence of Namibia	P. W. Botha	2,038 dead^[7]
Operation Boleas (1998)	South Africa Botswana	LDF rebels	Victory Suspected coup in Lesotho quelled	Nelson Mandela	11 dead^[8]
Battle of Bangui (2013)	South Africa Central African Republic	Séléka	Defeat^[9] François Bozizé toppled^[a]^[10]	Jacob Zuma	15 dead^[11]
M23 Rebellion (2013)	DR Congo South Africa Tanzania Malawi	M23	Victory M23 rebels surrender		None
ADF Insurgency (2014–)	DR Congo South Africa Tanzania Malawi	ADF	Ongoing UNF Intervention Brigade intervention		1 dead
Cabo Delgado Civil War (2020–)	Mozambique South Africa Tanzania Rwanda	Ansar al-Sunna ISIL	Ongoing South African intervention in 2020	Cyril Ramaphosa	None

References

List

1. ^ "The First World War: Volume I: To Arms - Hew Strachan - Google Books". Books.google.com. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ Bendix, S. (2001) Industrial Relations in South Africa. Claremont: Juta. p. 59
4. ^ "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.
5. ^ 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
6. ^ Note: South Africa was already involved in combating SWAPO insurgents in 1966, but intervention in Angola started in 1975 with Operation Savannah.
7. ^ "SA Roll of Honour: List of Wars". Justdone.co.za. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
8. ^ "'A fractious lot': Anatomy of (another) coup in Lesotho". Daily Maverick. 3 July 2015.
9. ^
  References:
  McGregor, Andrew. "South African military disaster in the Central African Republic." Terrorism Monitor, April 4, 2013. "Zuma’s decision to send a force of 400 men to ostensibly guard a group of 25 military trainers who could have easily been otherwise withdrawn can only be interpreted as an effort to bolster the CAR regime".
  
  Wallerstein, Immanuel Maurice, Christopher K. Chase-Dunn, and Christian Suter. Overcoming Global Inequalities Paradigm Publishers, 1. jun. 2014, Chapter 6
  
  KAH, Henry Kam. "Central African Republic. Understanding the Séléka Insurrection of March 24 2013." Conflict Studies Quarterly Issue 5, University of Buea, Cameroon, October 2013: pp 47-66. "The presence of South African troops and those of member countries of the Central African union did not deter the Séléka from advancing towards Bangui. In fact, in an attempt to stop the group from advancing on to the capital, South African forces were killed in the process."
10. ^ Heitman, Helmoed Römer. "The Hard Lessons Learnt in CAR" IOL. March 24, 2015. Accessed February 27, 2016.
11. ^ "CAR battle claims another SANDF soldier". Enca. South Africa.

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[1] "The First World War: Volume I: To Arms - Hew Strachan - Google Books". Books.google.com. Retrieved 2016-04-23.

[2] 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.

[3] Bendix, S. (2001) Industrial Relations in South Africa. Claremont: Juta. p. 59

[4] "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.

[Mozambique-5] 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

[6] Note: South Africa was already involved in combating SWAPO insurgents in 1966, but intervention in Angola started in 1975 with Operation Savannah.

[7] "SA Roll of Honour: List of Wars". Justdone.co.za. Retrieved 15 January 2013.

[8] "'A fractious lot': Anatomy of (another) coup in Lesotho". Daily Maverick. 3 July 2015.

[9] References:
McGregor, Andrew. "South African military disaster in the Central African Republic." Terrorism Monitor, April 4, 2013. "Zuma’s decision to send a force of 400 men to ostensibly guard a group of 25 military trainers who could have easily been otherwise withdrawn can only be interpreted as an effort to bolster the CAR regime".

Wallerstein, Immanuel Maurice, Christopher K. Chase-Dunn, and Christian Suter. Overcoming Global Inequalities Paradigm Publishers, 1. jun. 2014, Chapter 6

KAH, Henry Kam. "Central African Republic. Understanding the Séléka Insurrection of March 24 2013." Conflict Studies Quarterly Issue 5, University of Buea, Cameroon, October 2013: pp 47-66. "The presence of South African troops and those of member countries of the Central African union did not deter the Séléka from advancing towards Bangui. In fact, in an attempt to stop the group from advancing on to the capital, South African forces were killed in the process."

[10] McGregor, Andrew. "South African military disaster in the Central African Republic." Terrorism Monitor, April 4, 2013. "Zuma’s decision to send a force of 400 men to ostensibly guard a group of 25 military trainers who could have easily been otherwise withdrawn can only be interpreted as an effort to bolster the CAR regime".

[11] Wallerstein, Immanuel Maurice, Christopher K. Chase-Dunn, and Christian Suter. Overcoming Global Inequalities Paradigm Publishers, 1. jun. 2014, Chapter 6

[12] KAH, Henry Kam. "Central African Republic. Understanding the Séléka Insurrection of March 24 2013." Conflict Studies Quarterly Issue 5, University of Buea, Cameroon, October 2013: pp 47-66. "The presence of South African troops and those of member countries of the Central African union did not deter the Séléka from advancing towards Bangui. In fact, in an attempt to stop the group from advancing on to the capital, South African forces were killed in the process."

[11] Heitman, Helmoed Römer. "The Hard Lessons Learnt in CAR" IOL. March 24, 2015. Accessed February 27, 2016.

[12] "CAR battle claims another SANDF soldier". Enca. South Africa.

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