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THE UNION DEFENCE FORCE ENTERTAINMENT GROUP IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Scientia Militaria, 2012 In November 1941, Major Myles Bourke flew from South Africa to Cairo to investigate the possibilities of sending South African concert parties to the Middle East. He was accompanied by Capt (then Lieut) Mrs Sybil Gaiger.
M. Swift
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The Union Defence Force Between the Two World Wars, 1919-1940
Scientia Militaria, 2012 South Africa was ill prepared for the Second World War. Her war potential was limited and Hitler is reputed to have laughed when the South African declaration came on 6 September 1939.
Ian Van der Waag
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THE UNION DEFENCE FORCE ENTERTAINMENT GROUP IN SOUTH AFRICA (WORLD WAR II)
Scientia Militaria, 2012 "Give me a thousand men who are entertained, rather than ten thousand who have had no entertainment." - General Pershing.
M. Swift
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DIE UNIEVERDEDIGINGSMAGTE OP DIE VOORAAND VAN DIE TWEEDE WÊRELDOORLOG (1934-1939)
Scientia Militaria, 2012 On 23 March 1939 Mr Oswald Pirow, Minister of Defence of the Union of South Africa, reported in Parliament on the progress made in executing the Five-year plan launched in May 1934.
J. Van Wyk
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Scientia Militaria, 2012 At the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, the South African economy had experienced a transition from a predominantly mining and agricultural economy to a more diversified one.
Francois Oosthuizen
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More Union in European Defence. CEPS Task Force Report, 26 February 2015 [PDF]
, 2006 Years of uncoordinated cuts in defence spending have eroded the EU’s role as a security actor in what is now a multipolar world. This CEPS Task Force report aims to provide member states and the EU institutions with the narrative to strengthen defence ...
Blockmans, Steven., Faleg, Giovanni
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Scientia Militaria, 2020 The popular perception of Oswald Pirow is that of an incompetent Minister of Defence, much derided for his bush carts pulled by oxen in the era of the blitzkrieg doctrine of dive-bombers and tanks. However, this was not the perception of him in the years
Mouton, Frances Alexander
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DIE ROL VAN DIE UNIEVERDEDIGINGSMAG IN DIE ONDERDRUKKING VAN DIE NYWERHEIDSONLUSTE VAN JANUARIE 1914
Scientia Militaria, 2012 During the Railways and Mineworkers strike which commenced on the 18th of January 1914, the Union Defence Force, enlarged by the Active Citizen Force and assisted by the Commandos, were able to take immediate action and suppress the riots. The strike was
C.J. Jacobs
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A HISTORY OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN DEFENCE FORCE INSTITUTE (SADFI) 1916 - 1991
Scientia Militaria, 2012 On 1 January 1916, the Union Defence Force assumed control of the South West African branches of the South African Garrison Institutes (SAGI) and five months later, the branches at Potchefstroom and in the Cape Peninsula.
L.J. Van der Waag
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DIE ONTSTAAN EN ONTWIKKELING VAN DIE STAFAFDELING HOOF VAN STAF PERSONEEL
Scientia Militaria, 2012 The origin of the Staff Section Chief of Staff Personnel can be traced back to the year 1912, when the Union Defence Force came into being. Changes occured in the command and control structure of the Union Defence Force (from 1957 the SADF), changes very
R. Von Moltke
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