23 Aug 1978 Katima Mulilo

On August 23, 1978, SWAPO's Operation Revenge was executed on the SADF's Sector 70HQ at Katima Mulilo at 01h15 in retaliation of the attack by the SADF on Cassinga on 4 May 1978. The standoff attack was launched from Zambia with 122mm missiles, 82mm and 60mm mortars. One of the 122mm missiles hit a dormitory of the SADF troops killing ten and wounding a further ten.