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Battlefields Exploring the Arenas of War 1805 - 1945  Consultant Editor: Michael Rayner A first edition hardcover published by Struik in 2006 Brown cover boards with gold writing to the spine, binding is tight & strong, no inscriptions, dustjacket is complete clean & bright Postage within South Africa R50.00 Overseas Customers can contact us for a Postal Quotation  

 BATTLEFIELDS - EXPLORING THE ARENAS OF WAR 1805-1945 This is a very large, very heavy  hard covered book of 168 pages with dust cover. It is beautifully illustrated and includes the battles of ISANDLWANA, RORKE'S DRIFT and SPIOEN KOP.  It is in excellent condition but has a personal inscription on the first page. •The postage on this item will be R85.00 within S. A. (with tracking) •If outside South Africa please contact me re payment & postage before bidding. •I do not have a PayPal facility. •Please email any queries. •If you think the description in my listing is incorrect, please email me. •The photograph you are viewing in this listing is the actual item for sale.  

 BATTLEFIELDS - EXPLORING THE ARENAS OF WAR 1805-1945 This is a very large, very heavy  hard covered book of 168 pages with dust cover. It is beautifully illustrated and includes the battles of ISANDLWANA, RORKE'S DRIFT and SPIOEN KOP.  It is in excellent condition but has a personal inscription on the first page. •The postage on this item will be R70.00 within S. A. (with tracking) •If outside South Africa please contact me re payment & postage before bidding. •I do not have a PayPal facility. •Please email any queries. •If you think the description in my listing is incorrect, please email me. •The photograph you are viewing in this listing is the actual item for sale.  

Published: Times Media Limited with Jonathan Ball Publishers Year: First Published 1991 Cover: Hard cover with dust jacket intact. The dust jacket has been covered in a neat protective plastic sleeve. The boards of the hard cover shows some wear. Condition to an average observer: Excellent Combined Weight: 1,6 kg   Important Notice Conditions of sale apply: Under all circumstances, contact us first via the question and answer box to ascertain the following before placing your order or making payment: availability of the item, price and method of posting: i.e. PostNet to PostNet, Courier Service, Post Office or otherwise. Wait for the confirmation e-mail or answer

 LARGE BOOK - VERY GOOD CONDITION - COLOUR PLATES AND MONOCHROME ILLUSTRATIONS OF BATTLES INLUDING SPIONKOP, RORKE'S DRIFT, MODDR RIVER, MAJUBA, MAGERSFONTIN AND MORE................

Campfires and Battlefields by Rossiter Johnson A third edition hardcover published by Gallant Books in 1960 Blue cover boards with gold writing to the spine, binding is tight & strong, foxing to front & rear flyleaves, dustjacket is complete, closed tears to top & bottom of spine, slight paper loss, still an attractive copy. Postage within south Africa will be R40-00 Overseas buyers can contact us for a postal quote Abe #06769

Buy Monuments and Battlefields of the Transvaal War 1881 and the South African War 1899 to 1902 by Smail for R400.00

Buy Field Guide To The Battlefields Of South Africa - Von der Heyde, Nicki 0.90kg for R250.00

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In this companion volume to the highly successful Field Guide to the Battlefields of South Africa, the pivotal sieges that characterised the Cape Frontier, Anglo-Zulu, Basotho and Anglo-Boer wars are brought together in one volume. Accounts of 17 sieges over the last two centuries explore in detail the historical context in which they occurred, the day-to-day military actions that sustained the investments and the conditions both soldiers and civilians faced while defending their territory against a hostile force. The siege descriptions are animated by maps, timelines and a variety of information boxes and human-interest stories, gleaned mainly from diaries, letters and eye-witness accounts, while long-form features focus on the practical aspects of siege warfare, such as artillery, medicine, food, and the psychological effects of besiegement. The book also provides practical information for visitors who wish to explore these historical sites. A fascinating read that will appeal to anyone interested in the volatile history of the country armchair historians and travellers alike. Softcover, 224 pages

Books on World War II abound, yet there are remarkably few publications on South Africa’s role in this war, which had such an influence on how we live today. There is even less written about those who participated on the margins of the war, especially those who were physically removed from the battlefields through capture by enemy forces. South Africa’s prisoners of war during World War II, their experiences and recollections, are largely forgotten. That is until now.  Historian Karen Horn painstakingly tracked down a number of former POW's. Together with written memoirs and archival documents, their interviews reveal rich narratives of hardship, endurance, humour, longing and self-discovery. Instead of fighting, these men adapted to another war, one which was fought on the inside of many prison camps. It was a war against hunger and deprivation, at times against ever-encroaching despondency and low morale amongst their companions in captivity.  In their interviews, all the POW's expressed surprise at being asked to share their experiences. The author found it astonishing that almost all of them claimed not to be heroes of any kind. This is not surprising when one considers that they returned to a country which soon tried its utmost to promote national amnesia with regard to the country’s participation in the war. With great insight and empathy, Karen Horn shines a light on a neglected corner of South African history.  The Author Karen Horn is a lecturer at Stellenbosch University. She has travelled to at least three of the four corners of the earth and has pursued many different occupations. With a Master’s degree in History from Edinburgh University, followed by a PhD at Stellenbosch, she now spends many hours of research reading diaries, interrogating older generations and rummaging around in the archives. Softcover, published 2015.

Books on World War II abound, yet there are remarkably few publications on South Africas role in this war, which had such an influence on how we live today. There is even less written about those who participated on the margins of the war, especially those who were physically removed from the battlefields through capture by enemy forces. South Africas prisoners of war during World War II, their experiences and recollections, are largely forgotten. That is until now.  Historian Karen Horn painstakingly tracked down a number of former POW's. Together with written memoirs and archival documents, their interviews reveal rich narratives of hardship, endurance, humour, longing and self-discovery. Instead of fighting, these men adapted to another war, one which was fought on the inside of many prison camps. It was a war against hunger and deprivation, at times against ever-encroaching despondency and low morale amongst their companions in captivity.  In their interviews, all the POW's expressed surprise at being asked to share their experiences. The author found it astonishing that almost all of them claimed not to be heroes of any kind. This is not surprising when one considers that they returned to a country which soon tried its utmost to promote national amnesia with regard to the countrys participation in the war. With great insight and empathy, Karen Horn shines a light on a neglected corner of South African history.  The Author Karen Horn is a lecturer at Stellenbosch University. She has travelled to at least three of the four corners of the earth and has pursued many different occupations. With a Masters degree in History from Edinburgh University, followed by a PhD at Stellenbosch, she now spends many hours of research reading diaries, interrogating older generations and rummaging around in the archives. Softcover, published 2015.

I have 3 x books as a unwanted gift. Looking for R for all 3 books as 1 set. Postnet to Postnet R100 postage fee. Book 1 - Field Guide to the Battlefields of South Africa (Gide with map and drawings) Book 2 - Die Aglo-Boere-Oorlog (Overlook at the war) Book 3 - The War Report (Collection of Newspaper from start of war to end of war)

  Rare Boer War/Zulu War Brass Field Tourniquet I came across this amazing find privately many years ago, it was supposedly picked up on one of the battlefields. I haven’t cleaned or polished it because I think it’s important to keep it as it was found. Due to its age, the belt must have rotted away but the device still turns. It is stamped on the top ‘SAVIGNY & CO. LONDON’. For some interesting information on the field tourniquet click on the link below. https://ageofrevolution.org/surgeons-blade-field-tourniquet/ If outside South Africa please contact me regarding payment and postage before bidding. Please email any queries. If you think the description in my listing is incorrect, please email me. The photograph you are viewing in this listing is the actual item for sale. To view our other listings click Here.          

1999. Soft cover; 233 pages. Very good condition. Under 1kg.   In this stirring biography of a brash, resourceful Churchill in his early twenties, Celia Sandys retraces her illustrious grandfather's path through South Africa as she reconstructs his adventures during nine months of the Anglo-Boer War at the end of the last century. She visits the campsites where the bold war correspondent and ready soldier bivouacked, the battlefields where he skirmished and fought, the site of his incarceration in Pretoria as the Boers' prisoner of war; she follows the route of his daring escape to the Mozambique border. Using both British and South African sources, which alternately reveal the young combatant as a courageous ally or formidable foe, Sandys narrates the heart-stopping exploits of a Churchill that history has largely forgotten. Yet his heroics in Africa thrust him to fame on the international stage, and within three months of his return to England, at the age of twenty-five, Churchill became a member of Parliament. Churchill: Wanted Dead or Alive offers both a multifaceted portrait of the youthful adventurer who would become England's legendary prime minister and an exciting tale of the turbulent events one hundred years ago that defined South Africa for modern times.      

AFRICA@WAR SERIES: VOLUME 34 War of Intervention in Angola - Volume 2: Angolan and Cuban Forces at War, 1976-1983  - Adrien Fontanellaz  As of mid-1976, the civil war in Angola was seemingly decided: supported by a large contingent of Cuban forces, the MPLA established itself in power in Luanda. Its native competitors, the US-French-Zaire-supported FNLA, and UNITA, supported by China and South Africa, were in tatters. The French and Zaire-supported FLEC an armed movement for the independence of the oil-rich Cabinda enclave was in disarray. The last few of their surviving units were either driven out of the country, or forced into hiding in isolated corners of northern and south-eastern Angola. Nevertheless, the war went on. The MPLAs government failed to decisively defeat UNITA, in southern Angola, and then found itself facing a coup attempt from within in May 1977. Crushed in blood, this resulted in thousands being jailed and tortured: many more escaped abroad, where they reinforced the ranks of the battered opposition. The coup prompted the Soviets to attempt increasing their influence with the aim of establishing permanent military bases in the country. While all such overtures were turned down, Angolan operations along the border to what was then the South-West Africa (subsequently Namibia) in October 1980, combined with the increased activity of SWAPO an insurgency against the South African control of that territory - subsequently Namibia prompted South Africa to launch another military intervention and resume supporting UNITA. In turn, this prompted not only the Cubans to further increase their military presence, but also the Soviet Union into delivering massive amounts of military aid to the government in Luanda. Angola not only assumed the role of one of the major hot battlefields in the Cold War: its civil war saw a number of major showdowns between diverse belligerents, culminating in the Battle of Cangamba in 1983. Based on extensive research, with help of Angolan and Cuban sources, the War of Intervention in Angola, Volume 2, traces the military build-up of the Cuban and Soviet-supported Angolan military, the FAPLA and its combat operations, and those of the Cuban military in Angola, in the period 1976-1983, their capabilities and intentions, and their battlefield performances. The volume is illustrated with over 100 rare photographs, half a dozen maps and 18 colour profiles. Paperback, 80 pages.