by Hennie Heymans | Sep 3, 2025 | 1879 Zulu Wars, British Army in Colonial South Africa, Isandhlwana, Isandhlwana, Life Story, Military History, Rorke's Drift, SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
Photo Album – The Imperial Hotel – Pietermaritzburg THE IMPERIAL HOTEL – PIETERMARITZBURG Hennie Heymans & Deon van Niekerk During the late 1970’s I was stationed in Pietermaritzburg at Loop Street, police station, Pietermaritzburg. Right across from...
by Hennie Heymans | Sep 3, 2025 | 1879 Zulu Wars, British Army in Colonial South Africa, Foreign Armies / Buitelandse Weermagte, Foreign intelligence services, Isandhlwana, Isandhlwana, Louis Napoleon, Rorke's Drift, SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
The Death of Prince Louis Napoléon THE DEATH OF PRINCE LOUIS NAPOLÉON A practical shooting lesson from history. Marthinus de Lange Practical Pistol Shooting In 1993 I used to be involved in the sport of Practical Shooting, with the Wits Command Practical Pistol Club....
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 6, 2025 | German Army, Rhodesian Army, SA Air Force, SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED
CAPTAIN KEITH COSTER, SAAF: PRISONER OF WAR: PART I Gerry van Tond (© text) Lieutenant-General Keith Coster ICD, OBE, SSAS, was a South African Air Force and army officer who rose to command the Rhodesian Army from 1968 to 1972. In May 1937, Coster enlisted in the...
by Hennie Heymans | Aug 6, 2025 | 1939 - 1945 2nd WW, Foreign Armies / Buitelandse Weermagte, German Army, Military writers & authors, Rhodesian Conflict, SA Air Force, SA Military History, SOUTH AFRICAN FORCES HISTORY PRESERVED, Union Defence Force
CAPTAIN KEITH COSTER, SAAF: PRISONER OF WAR: PART II (FINAL) Gerry van Tonder (© text) Continued from Part I, in which Lieutenant General Keith Coster, Commander of the Rhodesian Army, 1968–72, relates his experiences as a World War Two prisoner of war. Serving at the...
by Hennie Heymans | Jul 21, 2025 | Defence, Foreign Armies / Buitelandse Weermagte, Uncategorized, United States, VSA se Bunkerbreker-bom (BBB)
Iran: VSA se Bunkerbreker-bom (BBB) (Lt-kol Philip Malherbe [afgetr]) Hierdie artikel is vrylik vertaal van die verwysde bronne, saamgestel en geskryf deur Philip Malherbe. “Abstract” Abstrak “The purpose of this article is to briefly mention the US June 2025 attempt...
by Hennie Heymans | May 8, 2025 | Foreign Armies / Buitelandse Weermagte, Life Story, Royal Air Force, Women's Auxiliary Air Force
HOW A PRETORIA GIRL BECAME A PILOT IN WORLD WAR II Abstract Dolores Teresa “Jackie” Sorour a young lady from Pretoria was determined to become a pilot and the first lady to use a parachute. She succeeded and became a pilot and later a pilot in the WAAF – she was a...
