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	South African Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The South African Army is the army of South Africa.
		The South African military evolved within the tradition of frontier warfare fought by popular militias and small irregular commando forces, reinforced by the Afrikaners' historical distrust of large standing armies.
		The South African 2nd Infantry Division also took part in a number of actions in North Africa during 1942, but on 21 June 1942 two complete infantry brigades of the division as well as most of the supporting units were captured at the fall of Tobruk.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_African_Army (1884 words)

	The 13th Hussars
		By such a list, starting from the Boer ultimatum and concluding with the acceptation of the British terms, no less than eight closely printed columns of Haydon's Dictionary of Dates are filled, and to enlarge upon this mass of information, in even the most superficial manner, the writer estimates would make a volume in itself.
		Two horses belonging to C Squadron were hit, and there was a good deal of suffering owing to the heat and to the want of water for the horses.
		Two days later the welcome gift of a large box of chocolate from Mrs Wise (the wife of Lieutenant Wise) arrived, and was much enjoyed by all.
	www.pinetreeweb.com /13th-south-african-war-36-01.htm (5050 words)

	Lakewood War Dead: World War Two
		Henry Fristik served with a glider infantry regiment in the 82nd airborne division and was killed Sept. 30, 1944 in the Netherlands.
		The 1st Division was short of men and integrated with the 8th Regiment of the 2nd Marine Division.
		He was overseas less than two months when he wrote home that he was homesick.
	www.lkwdpl.org /history/wwtwo.html (7026 words)

	GI -- World War II Commemoration
		Army Group South, commanded by Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, was to attack from southern Poland and Romania, its flank armies converging on Kiev to trap the Soviet armies in the western Ukraine in a great pocket west of the Dnieper (Dnepr) River.
		After the first two or three days the fall rains overtook the operation, and before the end of the first week the troops were leaving their tanks and trucks behind, bogged down on muddy roads.
		Two armored corps headed toward Grozny, but were slowed down and finally stopped for several weeks by gasoline shortages: the trucks making the long trip from Rostov were burning nearly as much gasoline as they could carry.
	www.grolier.com /wwii/wwii_6.html (17160 words)

	world war two
		Hitler was wounded and gassed in World War I. After the war, his power as a public speaker landed him the job of political indoctrination of the troops emphasizing emotionalism and violent provocation.
		In 1945, at the end of the war, there was a general expectation that the USSR had become one of the world's truly great powers by moldeding the occupied countries of eastern Europe in the Stalinist image and placing them under Moscow's control, and entirely isolating the whole bloc of Communist nations from the West.
		His rise to fame during World War II was meteoric: a lieutenant colonel in 1941, he was a five-star general in 1945.
	www.hannasd.org /sths/war2/wwtwo.htm (8940 words)

	South Carolina in World War I - The Great War
		This four-volume work includes a list of all units that were organized during World War I; a list of all camps, posts, and stations along with the units assigned to these reservations; and a records of events for each corps, army, and division serving overseas.
		African Americans made a significant contribution to the United States Army during World War I, and they are well documented among several different series in Record Groups 120 and 391.
		Prior to World War I, all men between the ages of 18-45 were required to register for the draft.
	sciway3.net /proctor/state/ww1/ww1research.html (2452 words)

	South African Sources of Information
		Many of the earlier records are in the possession of the National Archives of South Africa Repositories, and although the issue of certificates can only be done by the Department of Home Affairs and the records cannot be photocopied, researchers can get access to marriage and death registers older than 20 years.
		The provincial offices are at the seats of the provincial divisions of the Supreme Court, namely, Pretoria in the Transvaal; Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State; Pietermaritzburg in Natal; and Cape Town in the Cape Province.
		The aim of the Huguenot Society of South Africa is to preserve the Huguenot heritage in South Africa.
	home.global.co.za /~mercon/sources.htm (3395 words)

	Informed Comment: 04/01/2004 - 04/30/2004
		A South African citizen and at least 10 Iraqis were also killed around the country.
		Two US troops killed and five wounded in Baghdad when a house blew up as they were trying to inspect it for chemical weapons.
		According to the sources, two of the attacking boats exploded alongside a ship tied up at the terminal and a third boat was intercepted by a coalition ship as it approached an exclusion zone around the terminal and there was an explosion soon after it was boarded.
	www.juancole.com /2004_04_01_juancole_archive.html (15832 words)

	THE GERMAN INVASION OF POLAND DURING WORLD WAR TWO
		Poland's population losses during World War Two were proportionately by far the greatest of any nation participating in the war.
		An estimated 654,000 were battlefield deaths (this figure exceeds the combined losses of the United States and Great Britain in World War Two) and the remainder, were civilians of all ages.
		France was a world power which had the good fortune to learn about the ferocity of the Blitzkrieg while watching from the sidelines during the German invasion of Poland.
	felsztyn.tripod.com /germaninvasion (3822 words)

	Amazon.com: The Unknown Soldiers: African-American Troops in World War I: Books: Arthur E. Barbeau,Florette ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This book is a wonder and, with "The Unwept: Black American Soldiers And The Spanish-American War" by Edward van Zile Scott, provides a remarkable history of Afro-American soldiers in two wars over a period of twenty years.
		An excellent treatment of the racial climate in America on the eve of the war, and the subsequent actions taken by the Army with America's entry in 1917.
		It provides the reader with brief histories of the 92nd and 93rd Divisions, the two "Colored" divisions in the AEF and also gives a summation of the treatment given the returning troops.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0306806940?v=glance (1164 words)

	Jensen's Web Sources for Wars & World Military History
		The Mexican war: a history of its origin, and a detailed account of the victories which terminated in the surrender of the capital; with the official despatches of the generals.
		The war in Egypt and the Soudan; an episode in the history of the British Empire by Thomas Archer 1880s 4 vol.
		War of the Rebellion complete; this major series of wartimne reports is conveniently available on inexpensive cd-rom.
	tigger.uic.edu /~rjensen/military.html (6116 words)

	WORLD WAR TWO BOOKS - AUTHORS M - Z FROM C. CLAYTON THOMPSON - BOOKSELLER
		From World War II comes the title, the fight against overwhelming odds of one platoon of the 101st Airborne Division at Best, Holland and, most movingly, the self-sacrifice of Private Joe Mann.
		The Fourth Division had the unique experience of staging for a Pacific operation at San Diego; the first island many of the men ever saw was the one they had come to seize.
		The six authors of Uncommon Valor have two things in common; all were professional writers, and all served with their Divisions in combat.
	www.civilwarmall.com /bookseller/files/wwiiMZ.htm (14678 words)

	Internet African History Sourcebook
		African Armour on the Eve of the 2nd Punic War
		Sol Plaatje: Native Life in South Africa, Before and Since the European War and the Boer Rebellion, Project Gutenberg Release #1452 (Septl 1998), Full Text.
		An Orthodox mission society based in South Africa, whose aim is to encourage Orthodox Christians to participate in the global mission of the Church.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/africa/africasbook.html (4137 words)

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