“Contact at Bardia”: The Baptism of Fire of the Men of the 2nd South African Infantry Division, 31 December 1941 – 1 January 1942
Following the German invasion of Poland on 3rd September 1939, the South African government declared war on Germany three days later after a tumulus vote in parliament. The new South African Prime Minister, General Jan Smuts, knew that national conscription of citizens into the Union Defence Force o...
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Fondazione Nuto Revelli
2024-12-01
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| Series: | Close Encounters in War Journal |
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