South Africa’s prisoners of war during World War II, their experiences and recollections, are largely forgotten. That is until now. Historian Karen Horn painstakingly tracked down a number of former POWs. Together with written memoirs and archival documents, their interviews reveal rich narratives of hardship, endurance, humour, longing and self-discovery.
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The first of its kind, A Military History of Modern South Africa provides an overview of South African military history from 1899 to 2000. Focusing on the campaigns and battles, it also brings discussion on the evolving military policy and the development of the South African military as an institution into a single volume.
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Charlie Squadron – the iron fist of 61 Mechanised Battalion Group (61 Mech) – led the way on 3 October 1987 during the climactic battle between the South African Defence Force and the Angolan forces on the Lomba River in southern Angola. Ratels on the Lomba places the reader in the midst of the squadron of young conscripts who were taken off to the Border War to fight in this battle.
Also available in Afrikaans as Ratels aan die Lomba
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The SADF and Cuito Cuanavale by Leopold Scholtz is an incisive analysis that untangles what happens when war, politics and propaganda become entwined.
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Die SAW en Cuito Cuanavale deur Leopold Scholts is ‘n kritiese ontleding wys hoe maklik propaganda en politiek in die pad van feite kan staan.
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Infused with colour, scenes from the Anglo-Boer War suddenly come to life in this striking collection of colourised photos from one of the biggest conflicts on South African soil.
Also available in Afrikaans: Die Anglo-Boereoorlog in Kleur
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Hitler’s Spies presents an unrivalled account of German intelligence networks that operated in wartime South Africa. It also details the hunt in post war Europe for witnesses to help the government bring charges of high treason against key Ossewabrandwag members.
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Botha, Jan Smuts and the First World War by Antonio Garcia and Ian van der Waag is a first-of-a-kind volume investigates the wartime roles of these two legendary yet divisive historical figures.
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More than 30 years after writing a sympathetic biography of Savimbi, Fred Bridgland sets the record straight. Based on new evidence that has come to light, he reveals the rebel leader’s murderous legacy. In the 1970s and 1980s, when Angola was a hotbed of the Cold War, few people would have believed that Savimbi was a manipulative and paranoid tyrant prepared to kill anyone he viewed as a threat to his power.
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