A faraway war... A clash of ideologies... And some of the biggest battles fought on African soil since World War Two.
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120 min
For twenty-three years, five western nations, members of the Soviet bloc and two superpowers were locked into a war never formally declared. It all began in 1966. Once the Draft started, every able-bodied white South African male was called up for service.
Name | Character | Team | |
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Anton Beukman | Himself - Former Member, Seaborne Special Forces | Unowned | |
Jan Breytenbach | Himself - Founder, 32 Battalion (as Col. Jan Breytenbach) | Unowned | |
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Fidel Castro | Himself - President of Cuba (archive footage) | Unowned |
Jannie Gildenhuys | Himself - Former Chief, South African Defense Forces | Unowned | |
Maxim Gladkov | Himself - Former Soviet Interpreter | Unowned | |
Dick Lord | Himself - Former Officer Commanding Air Command Post, SADF (as Brig. Gen. Dick Lord) | Unowned | |
Jan Malan | Himself - Former Field Commander, 61 Mech, SADF | Unowned | |
Gert Minnaar | Himself - Former Member, 61 Mech, SADF | Unowned | |
Koos Moorcroft | Himself - Former Sergeant Major, South African Defense Forces | Unowned | |
Craig Thomassen | Himself - Former Member, Corps of Engineers, SADF | Unowned | |
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Pik Botha | Himself - Former South African Minister of Foreign Affairs | Unowned |