JCH 2012 Volume 37 Issue 2
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The South African Engineer Corp's water supply operations in Kenya during the Second World War: its wartime impact and postwar legacy
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2012)War is often conducted in areas where water is not readily available, which forces militaries to create sufficient water sources in the theatre of war. During a war military activities often place much pressure on civil ... -
61 Tunneling Company: South African miners in the Middle East during the Second World War
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2012)The South African Engineering Corps (SAEC) provided a variety of specialised units to assist the Allies during the Second World War. These units performed outstanding work in the East and North African theatres, as well ... -
The greatest military reversal of South African arms: the fall of Tobruk 1942, an avoidable blunder or an inevitable disaster?
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2012)The surrender of Tobruk 70 years ago was a major catastrophe for the Allied war effort, considerably weakening their military position in North Africa, as well as causing political embarrassment to the leaders of South ... -
Die repatriasie van die Ebo-4: die lokalisering en opgrawing van die grafte van vier Suid-Afrikaanse soldate in die Ebo-distrik, Kwanza Sul, Angola, 1975-2012.
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2012)The final phase of the history of Operation Savannah, the 1975–1976 South African military involvement in Angola dawned when remains of three of the four South African soldiers who were left in Angola, were repatriated ... -
Afrikaner unrest within South Africa during the Second World War and the measures taken to suppress it
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2012)South Africa’s involvement in the Second World War was strongly opposed by elements within the white South African community, especially the Afrikaners. The majority of Afrikaners were historically anti-British, although ... -
The willing and the not so willing: conscription and resistance to compulsory military service in South Africa, 1968-1989
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2012)South Africa participated in two world wars without implementing compulsory military service. Following the Second World War, the Union Defence Force relied on the Active Citizen Force to supplement its manpower needs. ... -
Comparing apples with pears: the pre-1994 and post-1994 South African military cultures
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2012)This article aims2 at providing an exposition of the most important factors that have shaped and are still shaping the institutional culture of the South African (SA) military. The view is broad and holistic and places ... -
The origin and establishment of the South African Engineer Corps (SAEC), 1918-1939
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2012)This article explores for the first time the early history of the South African Engineer Corps. The difficult environment in which the SAEC was established is investigated first. The factors that militated against growth ... -
Suid-Afrika se strategiese posisie en die "Slag van Cuito Cuanavale", 1987-1988
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2012)The purpose of this article is a critique of the strategic approach to the so-called Battle of Cuito Cuanavale by the leadership of the South African Defence Force (SADF). The article starts with an analysis of South ... -
In for a hell of a time: the wartime experiences of two ordinary South African soldiers in the North African desert during the Second World War
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2012)At the conclusion of most conflicts, generals and politicians put pen to paper and often, in rather immodest terms, describe their role in the struggle and how their individual contribution secured an inevitable and ... -
Book review/Boekresensie
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A historical perspective on military chaplaincy services in the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), 1998-2012
(2012)This study provides a review of the structure, policy and nature of military chaplaincy within the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) from 1998, when the first black Chaplain General in South Africa, Maj. Gen. ... -
South Africa's naval forces, 1922 - 2012
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2012)This study analyses and evaluates ninety years of naval activity in South Africa. Although the Union Defence Forces of South Africa were established in 1912, the country’s first permanent navy, namely the South African ... -
South African's role in the private military industry in the post-Cold War conflict environment with specific reference to the South African connection to Erinys International
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2012)Since 1652, South Africa has played a prominent role in the Private Military Industry. Following the end of the Cold War, companies such as Executive Outcomes have continued to exert influence in the global security ... -
The willing and the not so willing: conscription and resistance to compulsory military service in South Africa, 1968-1989
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2012)South Africa participated in two world wars without implementing compulsory military service. Following the Second World War, the Union Defence Force relied on the Active Citizen Force to supplement its manpower needs. ... -
Comparing apples with pears: the pre-1994 and post-1994 South African military cultures
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2012)This article aims at providing an exposition of the most important factors that have shaped and are still shaping the institutional culture of the South African (SA) military. The view is broad and holistic and places the ... -
The origin and establishment of the South African Engineer Corps (SAEC), 1918-1939
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2012)This article explores for the first time the early history of the South African Engineer Corps. The difficult environment in which the SAEC was established is investigated first. The factors that militated against growth ... -
The South African engineer corps's water supply operation in Kenya during the second World War: its war time and post war legacy
(Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, 2012)War is often conducted in areas where water is not readily available, which forces militaries to create sufficient water sources in the theatre of war. During a war military activities often place much pressure on civil ... -
61 tunneling company: South African miners in the Middle East during the Second World War
(2012)The South African Engineering Corps (SAEC) provided a variety of specialised units to assist the Allies during the Second World War. These units performed outstanding work in the East and North African theatres, as well ...
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