HELMOED HEITMAN, NONGQAI - IRREGULAR FORCES IN AFRICA
IRREGULAR FORCES – STATE-BACKED INSURGENCIES IN AFRICA (2) – Helmoed Römer Heitman

IRREGULAR FORCES – STATE-BACKED INSURGENCIES IN AFRICA (2) – Helmoed Römer Heitman

Irregular Forces – State-Backed Insurgencies in Africa Helmoed Römer Heitman – Nongqai The most common concept of irregular forces is that of guerrilla forces engaged in insurgency against a government. It is also generally understood and accepted that for an...
Jack Hindon – the Scottish-born Boer Soldier – Wolfgang Witschas

Jack Hindon – the Scottish-born Boer Soldier – Wolfgang Witschas

Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902): Oliver John “Jack” Hindon Wolfgang Witschas Abstract Captain Oliver John “Jack” Hindon (1874-1919) was a Scottish-born Boer military figure renowned for his bravery and his activities as a master...

Colonel George Parson CBE, DSO and BAR

Colonel George Parson CBE, DSO and BAR COLONEL GEORGE PARSON CBE, DSO AND BAR Gerry van Tonder Commanding Officer of the Southern Rhodesia Defence Force from 1929 to 1936, as an officer in the British South Africa Police (BSAP) Colonel George Parson served with...
HOW PRETORIA AND MOSCOW SECRETLY COOPERATED TO BUILD MIG-29 ENGINES INTO SAAF MIRAGES

HOW PRETORIA AND MOSCOW SECRETLY COOPERATED TO BUILD MIG-29 ENGINES INTO SAAF MIRAGES

HOW PRETORIA AND MOSCOW SECRETLY COOPERATED TO BUILD MIG-29 ENGINES INTO SAAF MIRAGES eBook by Kobus de Villiers (the South African team leader) HOE PRETORIA EN MOSKOU IN DIE GEHEIM SAAMGEWERK HET OM MIG-29 ENJINS IN TE BOU IN SALM MIRAGES eBoek deur Kobus de Villiers...

Second World War: South Atlantic: Torpedoed Merchant ship SS Jeremiah Wadsworth

Second World War: South Atlantic: Torpedoed Merchant ship SS Jeremiah Wadsworth MERCHANT SHIP SS JEREMIAH WADSWORTH Col William Marshall (SANDF – Ret) At 14h35 on 27 November 1942, the unescorted Merchant ship SS Jeremiah Wadsworth (Master Arnt Magnusdal) was...

World War 2: Petty Officer Cook Richard Allison Wilson: HM Submarine Traveller (N48): Gulf of Taranto

World War 2: Petty Officer Cook Richard Allison Wilson: HM Submarine Traveller (N48): Gulf of Taranto PETTY OFFICER COOK RICHARD ALLISON WILSON HM SUBMARINE TRAVELLER (N48) Col William Marshall (SANDF Ret) Dec 1942: P/MX53659 Petty Officer Cook Richard Allison Wilson,...