campaign, Cold War

Operation Klipklop

Name: Operation Klipklop
Location: Angola

Operation Klipklop was a campaign fought in 1980 at Angola. It was part of the South African Border War, which ran from 1966 to 1990. The recorded result: South African victory. Recorded strength: 80 against Unknown.

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Fought1980

WhereAngola17.323S, 13.921E

OutcomeSouth African victory

BelligerentsSouth AfricaagainstSWAPO

Casualties and lossesNoneand27 killed

Part ofSouth African Border War1966 to 1990

Where it sits in the South African Border War

4 placed engagements of the South African Border War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1980 (year precision)
Place	Angola 17.323S, 13.921E
Kind	Campaign, Cold War
Strength	80	Unknown
Casualties and losses	None	27 killed
Commanders	Marais Viljoen

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Naulila 1914, 82 km E
Battle of Mufilo 1907, 127 km NE
Battle of Mongua 1915, 225 km E
Battle of Cassinga 1978, 337 km NE
Battle of Ongulumbashe 1966, 337 km NE

In the same war

Before: Operation Reindeer 1978
All 4 engagements of South African Border War

Elsewhere in 1980

Operation Klipklop is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 29 in present-day Angola.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q7097215, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Operation Klipklop, revision 1370633869, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.