South Africa's land forces, 1912-2012

dc.contributor.authorWessels, André
dc.date.accessioned2017-10-19T07:39:35Z
dc.date.available2017-10-19T07:39:35Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThe South African (SA) Army’s history can be traced back to 1912, when South Africa’s first defence force was established. In this article a review is provided of the development and deployment of South Africa’s land forces in the course of a hundred years (1912-2012), with the emphasis on the role played by these land forces in the First World War (for example in the suppression of the Afrikaner rebellion, in the conquest of German South West Africa, the campaign in German East Africa, on the Western Front in France and in Belgium, and in Palestine), the Second World War (for example in Abyssinia, North Africa, Madagascar, and in Italy), in the war in the north of South West Africa (Namibia) and in Angola (1966-1989), as well as in the efforts to keep law and order in South Africa itself. The developments in transforming the Army of the old South African Defence Force (SADF), together with other armed forces, into a new Army in the post-apartheid South African National Defence Force (SANDF), are also briefly discussed. Throughout, historiographical matters are mentioned by means of references, either in the text or in footnotes, to the most important available sources. For obvious reasons, this is merely a broad introduction to an extensive topic.en_ZA
dc.description.versionPublisher's versionen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWessels, A. (2013). South Africa's land forces, 1912-2012. Journal for Contemporary History, 38(1), 229-254.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0258-2422 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2415-0509 (online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11660/7312
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherFaculty of Humanities, University of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.rights.holderFaculty of Humanities, University of the Free Stateen_ZA
dc.subjectUnion Defence Force(s)en_ZA
dc.subjectSouth African Defence Forceen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth African Armyen_ZA
dc.subjectFirst World Waren_ZA
dc.subjectSecond World Waren_ZA
dc.subjectBorder/Bush War/Namibian War of Independenceen_ZA
dc.subjectAngolaen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth African Nayional Defence Forceen_ZA
dc.titleSouth Africa's land forces, 1912-2012en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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