Operation Phoenix (South Africa)

Operation Phoenix
Part of the South African Border War
Location
Namibia

Tsumeb
Grootfontein
Windhoek
Rundu
Oshakati
Eenhana
Otjiwarongo
Operation Phoenix (South Africa) (Namibia)
ObjectiveSADF forces hunt a large incursion of PLAN fighters into the farmlands of northern South West Africa.
Date15 February – 15 April 1983

Operation Phoenix was an operation in 1983 by the South African Defence Force and South West African Territorial Force in response to a major incursion by PLAN fighters from Angola into the white farming areas of northern South West Africa.