by Hennie Heymans | Apr 12, 2026 | 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, Armoured & Ambulance Trains, SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Photo album – Railways ABW (1) RAILWAYS DURING THE ANGLO BOER WAR Hennie Heymans Flag of the Orange Free State https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SouthernAfricaRailwayMap_1901.png Introduction During the Anglo-Boer War the railways were of critical...
by Hennie Heymans | Apr 12, 2026 | 1899 - 1902 Anglo Boer War, British Army in Colonial South Africa, Deelfontein, Military History, SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Anglo Boer War: Deelfontein DE AAR AND DEELFONTEIN IN THE NORTHERN CAPE. Jennifer Bosch De Aar was important as it sat on the junction of the railway lines from Cape Town and Port Elizabeth as they joined to form the line to Kimberley and Mafeking. It was one of three...
by Hennie Heymans | Apr 11, 2026 | 1914 - 1918 WW1, 1914 Rebellion, Gen Louis Botha, General JC Smuts, SA Armoured Trains, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Hennie Heymans Contents Welcome Vol 1 No 1A 1 SOUTH AFRICA: ARMOURED AND SPECIAL TRAINS USED DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND REBELLION BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN SECURITY FORCES 3 1. Introduction: What is an armoured train? 3 1899 – 1902 Anglo Boer War 4 1906 Bambatha...
by Hennie Heymans | Apr 7, 2026 | Lugvaart - ontwikkeling, Military History, SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Christo (Chris) Erasmus – ‘n Pionier van Suid-Afrikaanse Lugvaart Chris Wilken via Dawie du Plessis Christo Erasmus het grootgeword op die plaas Charlton, bo-op die Bosberg naby Somerset-Oos. Van kleins af het hy ‘n intense belangstelling in tegnologie gehad –...
by Henning van Aswegen | Mar 8, 2026 | 1975–1976 grensoorlog, Africa and Global Power, Africa Strategic Alignments, Angola, Angola, INSURGENCIES IN AFRICA, IRREGULAR FORCES IN AFRICA, SA Army, SA Defence Force / Weermag, SKRYWERS & BOEKE, South African Defence Force, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Walter Volker Abstract: Analysing the Strategic Redirection of Soviet Military Assets from the Afghan Theatre to the Angolan Civil War [1987-1989]. Article by military historian Walter Volker in Nongqai Magazine. Keywords: Soviet Military Assets, Afghanistan, South...
by Hennie Heymans | Feb 24, 2026 | Humour in the SAP, HUMOUR IN UNIFORM, SA Air Force, SAP History / Geskiedenis, SAP Personalities, SAP Wierdabrug, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
SAP Wierdabrug-herinneringe BRIEF UIT THAILAND: SAP WIERDABRUG-HERINNERINGE Lt Barry Taylor (Destyds SAP-KOD) Toe ek op Wierdabrug gestasioneer was, het ek ’n luitenant in die beheertoring by Waterkloof leer ken — Nancy Jennings — en ook twee van die Majore daar:...
