Category: WW2

Not for Ourselves, but for Others

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Joe Slovo, Signaller, WW2

  This “rooigevaar” (Red Danger) communist was also a South African Army world war 2 veteran – Joe Slovo (left of picture). Serving as a Signaler in combat operations for…
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HMS Dorsetshire and HMS Cornwall

The Cruisers HMS Dorsetshire and HMS Cornwall were attacked and sunk on the 5th April 1942 by Japanese aircraft. The ships were spotted by a reconnaissance aircraft from the heavy…
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“Ouma” Smuts

This is arguably the nations’s darling for many years in South Africa, especially amongst the military personnel, but also to the public at large – South Africa’s First Lady, none…
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