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Botha Smuts And The Great War
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Author : Tony Garcia
language : en
Publisher: Wolverhampton Military Studies
Release Date : 2023-10-15
Botha Smuts And The Great War written by Tony Garcia and has been published by Wolverhampton Military Studies this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-15 with South Africa categories.
The authors conducted painstaking research in South Africa and the United Kingdom to produce this, first-of-a-kind book on the wartime roles played by the South African prime minister, General Louis Botha, and his deputy, General Jan Smuts. These were very different men and they appealed to different audiences. Botha's nuance and emotional intelligence complemented Smuts's intellectualism. Thrown into a world conflagration in August 1914, Botha and Smuts - facing internal rebellion and the threat posed by German troops on their borders - led South Africa's Union Defence Force, and often commanded from the front.South Africa's campaigns began badly. The campaigns in German South West and East Africa started with reverses at Sandfontein in September 1914 and Salaitia in January 1916. However, Springbok soldiers of all backgrounds proved resilient, and the later campaigns were marked by near uniform success. The "first-battle" experiences had reshaped thinking and led to better leadership and command at all levels. Both Botha and Smuts commanded in the field. Steadily, the South African army they commanded - benefiting from wartime training, sometimes in the field - gained resilience, experience, and battle-hardiness, adapting to the conditions of the campaigns and the demands of the tasks.South Africa's campaigns were complex and divergent, starting with the invasion of neighboring German South West Africa - to neutralize the radio stations and so aid security in the South Atlantic. Suddenly suspended following the outbreak of the Afrikaner Rebellion, the campaign recommenced in January 1915. Following its conclusion, an infantry brigade, raised for the Western Front, was diverted to Egypt before facing near annihilation at Delville Wood. Reconstructed more than once, the brigade was accompanied by a field ambulance and general hospital. The South African deployment in France included two brigades of heavy artillery, a signal company, a railway company, and Auxiliary Horse Transport Company, and several South African Native Labour Contingents. At the same time, a large South African force, fighting alongside troops from British Africa and India, broke German resistance in East Africa, and a brigade of field artillery and later the Cape Corps served in Egypt and Palestine. In addition, more than 6 500 South Africans served in the British Army, the Royal Flying Corps, later the Royal Air Force, and on ships of the Royal Navy.Although lionized during the war by a British public hungry for heroes, there is a different side to Botha and Smuts. Shunned by Afrikaner nationalists at the time, they have remained divisive figures. Responsible for the enactment of the Land Act of 1913, which shaped South Africa's socio-economic and political landscape, Botha's statue in Cape Town was vandalized in 2015 and 2016. Behind his charming, attractive façade, and Smuts's stoic machine, were two very human, imperfect, and quite probably inconsiderate, men. Together they provide a wonderful lens through which to examine the potent forces of the early twentieth-century world and the country they hoped to forge. Myopic compatriots had constrained their plans; but it was the outbreak of war in 1914 that offered the most significant opportunities and brought the most adverse challenges. They fought insurmountable odds, and achieved great victories, at home and abroad, but also made startling errors, and, ultimately, in classical fashion risked being crushed by the weight of the world they tried to create.
Botha Smuts And The Great War
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Author : Antonio Garcia
language : en
Publisher: Helion and Company
Release Date : 2023-10-30
Botha Smuts And The Great War written by Antonio Garcia and has been published by Helion and Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In Botha, Smuts and the Great War 1914–1918 authors Antonio Garcia and Ian Van Der Waag conducted painstaking research in South Africa and the United Kingdom to produce this, first-of-a-kind volume on the wartime roles of South African prime minister, General Louis Botha and his deputy General Jan Smuts. These very different men appealed to different audiences. Botha’s nuance and emotional intelligence complemented Smuts’s intellectualism. Thrown into a world conflagration in August 1914 and facing internal rebellion and the threat posed by German troops on the borders, they led South Africa’s Union Defence Force. Both Botha and Smuts commanded in the field. Steadily, the South African army they commanded – benefiting from wartime training, sometimes in the field – gained resilience, experience, and battle-hardiness, adapting to the conditions of the campaigns and the demands of the tasks. South Africa’s campaigns were complex and divergent, starting with the invasion of neighbouring German South West Africa – to neutralise enemy radio stations and so aid the security of the South Atlantic. Suddenly suspended following the outbreak of the Afrikaner Rebellion, the campaign recommenced in January 1915. Following its conclusion, an infantry brigade, raised for Western Front service, was diverted to Egypt before facing near annihilation at Delville Wood. Simultaneously, a large South African force, fighting alongside British, African and Indian forces, overcame German resistance in East Africa whilst a brigade of field artillery and later the Cape Corps served in Egypt and Palestine. Moreover, approximately 6,500 South Africans served in the British Army, Royal Flying Corps/Royal Air Force and in the Royal Navy. Although lionised during the war by a British public hungry for heroes, there is a different side to Botha and Smuts. Shunned by Afrikaner nationalists at the time, they have remained divisive figures. Responsible for the enactment of the Land Act of 1913, which shaped South Africa’s socio-economic and political landscape. Botha’s statues in Cape Town, Durban and Pretoria were vandalised on a number of occasions between 2015 and 2022, and there were recent calls for Smuts’s statues to be removed. Behind Botha’s charming, attractive façade, and Smuts’s stoic machine, were two very human, imperfect, and quite probably inconsiderate, men. Together they provide a wonderful lens through which to examine the potent forces of the early twentieth-century world and the country they hoped to forge. Myopic compatriots had constrained their plans; but it was the outbreak of war in 1914 that offered the most significant opportunities and brought the most adverse challenges. They fought insurmountable odds, and achieved great victories, at home and abroad, but also made startling errors and, ultimately, in classical fashion risked being crushed by the weight of the world they tried to create.
Louis Botha S War
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Author : Adam Cruise
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Release Date : 2015-01-28
Louis Botha S War written by Adam Cruise and has been published by Penguin Random House South Africa this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-28 with History categories.
A mere twelve years after fighting the British in the Anglo-Boer War, Louis Botha went to war again – this time on Britain’s side. As prime minister of the Union of South Africa at the outbreak of the Great War, Botha agreed to lead his country on a campaign against the Germans across the border in South-West Africa. But first he would have to deal with a revolt from fellow Afrikaners who would rather take up arms against him than side with the old enemy. Louis Botha’s War is the story of how a former Boer War general crushed a rebellion and rallied his country’s first united army to fight a better-equipped enemy in harsh conditions. It is a tale of thirsty men and horses trekking over miles of barren desert; German aviators flying above in rickety aeroplanes; the unusual presence of a prime minister’s wife on the field of battle; and a fabled gold-filled safe at the bottom of a lake. Adam Cruise recreates these fascinating events from journals, memoirs and documents, and describes how the remote battle sites look today. He also explores the effects of Botha’s campaign, which determined the relationship between South Africa and its northern protectorate until well into the twentieth century. This is an absorbing chronicle of the exploits of a remarkable man who has been strangely forgotten by history, but whom Winston Churchill described as the greatest general he had ever known.
How Botha And Smuts Conquered German South West
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Author : W. S. Rayner
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010-03
How Botha And Smuts Conquered German South West written by W. S. Rayner and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03 with History categories.
Louis Botha and Jan Christiaan Smuts were comrades-in-arms in the Boer War, and between them as leaders of Boer commandos, gave the British Empire an enormous headache. When the Great War came, however, both were reconciled to their former foes, and became ardent warriors against Germany and for the Empire they had once fought. This book relates the duo s successful campaign to conquer the neighbouring German colony of South-West Africa (today s Namibia) from their native South Africa. Later in the war, Smuts would command operations with far less success - against that guerilla genius General von Lettow-Vorbeck in German East Africa ( today s Tanzania). Both Botha and Smuts would end their careers as firmly pro-British elder South African statesmen. Casualty List Killed, DOW or Disease.
Springboks On The Somme South Africa In The Great War 1914 1918
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Author : Bill Nasson
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Release Date : 2012-10-02
Springboks On The Somme South Africa In The Great War 1914 1918 written by Bill Nasson and has been published by Penguin Random House South Africa this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-02 with History categories.
The Great War of 1914-18 was a conflict which engulfed the whole world, directly or indirectly. It was an imperialist world war that tugged the new Union of South Africa and its people into a series of separate but connected conflicts - from the domestic Afrikaner Rebellion on the highveld, through the sands of German South West Africa, the steamy bush of German East Africa, and on to the mud and blood of France and Flanders. This book is the first general study of the complex ways in which South Africans experienced the impact of the First World War, and responded to its demands, burdens and opportunities. Told with his customary narrative energy and ironic style, Bill Nasson's new history is a lively account not only of how South Africa fought the war, but also of the miscalculations and illusions that surrounded its involvement, and of how South African society came to imagine and remember that great and terrible conflict.
Louis Botha
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Author : Richard Steyn
language : en
Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers
Release Date : 2018-09-17
Louis Botha written by Richard Steyn and has been published by Jonathan Ball Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-17 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In A Man Apart Richard Steyn once again brings to life a South African icon. Louis Botha was the first Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa, a union he did much to create in the decade after the devastation of the Anglo-Boer War. During the war Botha was a brilliant young Boer general who through his battlefield strategy won significant victories over the British in the early stages of the war. When the weight of British arms overwhelmed the Boers, Botha along with Smuts did much to encourage peace between English and Afrikaner and led the country to Union in 1910 and dominion status. Botha was a big-hearted and generous man who showed magnanimity in his dealings with all, including former enemies. He led the South African troops to victory and the capture of German South West Africa – prior to this he had to put down a revolt of pro-German Afrikaners. At the Peace of Versailles, representing South Africa, he pleaded unsuccessfully for magnanimity towards the Germans. Botha was a globally respected figure – he and Smuts effectively operated as a double act in South Africa and on the international stage before Botha's untimely death in August 1919 at only 57. In A Man Apart this tragically short life is illuminated in full.
How Botha And Smuts Conquered German South West
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Author : W. S. Rayner
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2016-10-17
How Botha And Smuts Conquered German South West written by W. S. Rayner and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-17 with History categories.
Excerpt from How Botha and Smuts Conquered German South West: A Full Record of the Campaign From Official Information by Reuter's Special War Correspondents Who Accompanied the Forces Sent by the Government of the Union of South Africa T is fitting that the story of the triumph of General Botha and General Smuts in German South-west Africa should be utilised in some way for the general benefit of the South African wing of the British Army. Devoting the proceeds to and dividing them between the fund to build a Colonial wing to the great Union Jack Club in the Waterloo Road, London, whereto South African soldiers may resort when in town, and know that they are not strangers; the governor-general of South Africa's Fund for soldiers' dependents; and The African World Red Cross Fund, which has almost specialised, one might say, in the needs of Africa and Belgium, but works hard for the common weal, is a purpose that will not go un-noted by the great British public, nor, I am sure, will the appeal that it all suggests go unheeded. Those who have assisted me have, all in their own way, contributed something, a sensible something, and I would like to take this opportunity of acknowledging their kindness. In this connection, I would Specially like to mention lieut.-col. Dawson Squibb, lst Transvaal Scottish; lieut.-col. H. T. Gripper, lst Eastern Ri es; chaplain-capt. H. F. De Lisle; surgeon-capts. R. L. Girdwood, W. J. May, T. Welsh, and M. B. Lawrie; and Capt. H. Frew (post Office) for their photographs. But there are others. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
The Great War
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Author : John Terraine
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2014-03-13
The Great War written by John Terraine and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-13 with History categories.
It did not need a Fort Sumter cannonade to set the world in flames in 1914, only the pistol shots of an assassin. The Great War 1914-1918, written by one of the leading military historians of his time, John Terrain, thoroughly examines the political, economical and social triggers which led to the eruption of WWI, as well as the progression of the war itself through various campaigns and battles which resulted in the final victory of the Entente Powers. The Great War 1914-1918, first published in 1965, is a brilliant and comprehensive narrative and stands as an authoritative record in its own right.
The Great War In Africa 1914 1918
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Author : Byron Farwell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
The Great War In Africa 1914 1918 written by Byron Farwell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with History categories.
The Great Boer War
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Author : Byron Farwell
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2009-09-19
The Great Boer War written by Byron Farwell and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-19 with History categories.
The story of the battle for independence from the British Empire in South Africa by “a vivid chronicler of military forces, generals, and wars” (Kirkus Reviews). The Great Boer War (1899-1902), more properly known as the Great Anglo-Boer War, was one of the last romantic wars, pitting a sturdy, stubborn pioneer people fighting to establish the independence of their tiny nation against the British Empire at its peak of power and self-confidence. It was fought in the barren vastness of the South African veldt, and it produced in almost equal measure extraordinary feats of personal heroism, unbelievable examples of folly and stupidity, and many incidents of humor and tragedy. Byron Farwell traces the war’s origins; the slow mounting of the British efforts to overthrow the Afrikaners; the bungling and bickering of the British command; the remarkable series of bloody battles that almost consistently ended in victory for the Boers over the much more numerous British forces; political developments in London and Pretoria; the sieges of Ladysmith, Mafeking and Kimberley; the concentration camps into which Boer families were herded; and the exhausting guerrilla warfare of the last few years when the Boer armies were finally driven from the field. The Great Boer War is a definitive history of a dramatic conflict by the author of Queen Victoria’s Little Wars, “a leading popular military historian” (Publishers Weekly).