Now available as an Independent Author
ONE OF A KIND MILITARY HISTORY PUBLICATION
An Illustrated History of 32 Battalion – South Africa’s Most Feared Military Unit
210 x 250mm high quality paper format Soft cover – Four volumes 1750 pages 154 maps and illustrations 3215 black & white photos in text
Price range: R145,00 through R2195,00
Now available is An Illustrated History of 32 Battalion – South Africa’s Most Feared Military Unit, a four-volume illustrated history of 32 Battalion
The soldiers of 32 Battalion were so feared by their enemies that they were called ‘Os Terriveis’ – ‘The Terrible Ones’. Founded in utmost secrecy from the vanquished remnants of an Angolan rebel movement, they were forged into a highly effective fighting machine that took on guerrilla
forces and conventional armies alike. Undefeated in 13 years of frontline battle, the ‘Buffalo Soldiers’ became the South African Army’s best combat unit since World War II. This comprehensive four-volume publication is a reworked, updated (193 pages of new information added), illustrated version of The Terrible Ones – A Complete History of 32 Battalion. Starting in the early 1960s, it covers events in Angola that would eventually result in the formation of 32 Battalion, and it ends in the 2000s, when the soldiers of the unit unknowingly betrayed themselves.
It not only describes and photo illustrates the day-to-day unit events, but also the 119 documented military operations that 32 Battalion took part in from 1976 to 1993, explaining how they were planned and executed, and illustrating them with maps and photos. It also provides personal recollections from former 32 Battalion members and their allies and enemies, vividly recreating the experience of what happened on the ground.
Volume 1
Angolan Civil War to 1977
- Pages: 425
- Maps: 49
- Photos: 599
Volume 2
1978 to 1980
- Pages: 331
- Maps: 29
- Photos: 459
Volume 3
1981 to 1983
- Pages: 415
- Maps: 36
- Photos: 778
Volume 4
1984 to 2005
- Pages: 579
- Maps: 40
- Photos: 1379
Only available in South Africa
Currently not available in bookstores, only online orders Delivery only to a street address
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| Books | Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Four volume bundle |
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Other Books by Piet Nortje
32 Battalion
My first book, 32 Battalion – The Inside Story of South Africa’s Elite Fighting Unit, a concise history of 32 Battalion was published by Zebra Press in 2003 and is still available in bookstores and also as an e-book.
The Battle of Savate
32 Battalion’s Greatest Operation, was published by Zebra Press in 2014
An Illustrated History of 32 Battalion – South Africa’s Most Feared Military Unit
Now available is An Illustrated History of 32 Battalion – South Africa’s Most Feared Military Unit, a four-volume illustrated history of 32 Battalion.
The Terrible Ones
A Complete History of 32 Battalion, a 1400-page, two volumes in a slip case set, published by Zebra Press followed later in 2012.
Victory at a Price
Still concentrating on 32 Battalion’s history, in May 2012 I self-published, Victory at a Price, a limited edition of 132 numbered books on the occasion of the 32nd anniversary of the Battle of Savate.
Coming soon by Piet Nortje
Homat al Watan – Protector of the Nation – Service in an Arab Army
A future publication I am working on, Homat al Watan – Protector of the Nation – Service in an Arab Army will be the first non-32 Battalion book that I have written
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