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South Africa -- History, Military
(Stellenbosch University, Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy), 2012)
The article presents a review of a book written by Jannie Geldenhuys titled "Ons was daar" (We were there)" published in 2011.
Changing attitudes among South African prisoners of war towards their Italian captors during World War II, 1942-1943
(Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy), 2012)
The Battle of Sidi Rezegh in November 1941 and the fall of Tobruk in June 1942 were disastrous for South Africa. At Sidi Rezegh, the entire 5th South African Infantry Brigade was lost and at Tobruk the following year more ...
The suppression of internal unrest in South West Africa (Namibia) 1921-1933
(Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy), 2012)
In 1915, the Union of South Africa was requested to administrate South West Africa (SWA) (today Namibia) on behalf of the British Crown and approved the South West Africa Mandate. The policies of the Union strongly ...
Between history, amnesia and selective memory : the South African armed forces, a century's perspective
(Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy), 2012)
2012 has a double significance for this year sees the centenary of the founding of the African National Congress (8 January) and of the creation of the Union Defence Forces (1 July), two organisations that have for much ...
All splendid, but horrible : the politics of South Africa's second "Little Bit" and the war on the western front, 1915-1918
(Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy), 2012)
South Africa’s decision to enter the First World War was not easy. After a difficult interplay between Whitehall and Tuinhuis, the Botha government agreed to secure limited strategic objectives in neighbouring German South ...
Accolades and albatrosses : the South African National Defence Force's centenary and the commemoration of milestones in South African military history
(Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy), 2012)
Peoples, societies, institutions and other entities frequently record their histories in terms of successive epochs, and commemorate those histories according to perceived milestones or turning points in their development. ...