South African Fighting Forces - Part 1
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Published 2018-03-18
All Comments (17)
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The new army is nothing compared to what it was .
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Have the facts totally wrong : When the Dutch landed in Southern tip of South Africa it was only inhabited by the San : :
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Conscription was from 16y. Every year at school all boys from 16y would fill out military papers and you would be issued with a army number. If you were to stay on at school you would be excused from service for that year
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The insanity that South African defense Force was using mrap style vehicles but way back when and we had to wait and get our asses blown off in Afghanistan and Iraq I just don't f**** get it why didn't we have those vehicles
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Very interesting & informative!Two things missed were the first Boer war & the 1914 rebellion when a portion of the Boer/Afrikaner refused to turn against Germany in favour of England. Much of the bitterness is still just beneath the surface.
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As far as it concerns me South Africa has no military police or metro police That anyone can rely or depend on
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Have you noticed in one pic of the Boer commands theit where blacks to
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One vote in the '90s, and lo! it was all better...
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What army now?
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My grandfathers brother died in the world war 2
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Boer Afrikaners did not serve in the englishmans war, Botha and Smuts are seen as traitors and the 1913 land act as implemented by the foreign office in London, as we were a union with a govenor general who had the last say.
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Europeans were the first people to settle in South Africa.
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14000 taken prisoner, at El Alamein? Total casualties were only 13000.
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Those guys blue berets gunners
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A VERY AMERICAN NARRATIVE. THE BRITISH FAVOURED GREATER RIGHTS FOR THE NATIVE POPULATION WHEREAS FOR THE DUTCH THE NATIVES HAD NO RIGHTS. THAT'S WHY THE BOERS HEADED OFF ON THEIR GREAT TREK.
