Bushmen Soldiers

Author : Ian Uys
Publisher : Helion and Company
ISBN 13 : 1910294926
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bushmen Soldiers written by Ian Uys and published by Helion and Company. This book was released on 2014-07-19 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bushman soldiers were the most outstanding all-round fighters of the Border War. As the first of the indigenous population to take up arms on South Africa's behalf, they were among the last to lay them down. The border's oldest and most bush-wise people, they became feared as relentless trackers and dedicated soldiers. Coming from a primitive hunter/gatherer culture, they responded well to a crash course in modern warfare. Their use of automatic weapons and mortars, coupled with their phenomenal tracking abilities, made them a formidable fighting force. During Operation Savannah they were deployed in a conventional role as Battle-Group Alpha, part of Task Force Zulu, and advanced approximately 2,000 kilometers in a month. Afterwards, some of the Bushmen were trained as parachutists and served as Recces behind enemy lines. Others were attached to various units as trackers and guides. Their loyalty and bravery was recognized in the award of Honoris Crux decorations to members and former members of this elite corps. Controversy followed the battalion to South Africa after the war. Persecuted for centuries, the Bushmen have displayed an uncanny ability to survive and have adapted remarkably well to the modern world. Their transition from the Stone Age in less than 20 years is a story, which will never be forgotten. Hailed as the 'Gurkhas of Africa' the Bushmen have proved themselves second to none. This is an exceptional record of 31 and 201 Battalions and their remarkable personnel, fully illustrated with many photographs.

Author : Ian Stephanus Uys
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781928211389
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bushmen Soldiers written by Ian Stephanus Uys and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ian S. Uys
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bushman Soldiers, Their Alpha and Omega written by Ian S. Uys and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Gordon
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429974183
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bushman Myth written by Robert Gordon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The revised, updated version of this book includes an analysis of the sweeping political changes in South Africa since its original publcation in 1992. Other new material covers more theoretical issues and contemporary developments in scholarship, including a reconsideration of the film ?The Gods Must Be Crazy?; a discussion of ?expos thnography? and its attendant political/moral positioning; and an examination of the political situation in Namibia, with a close study of the near collapse of the Nyae Nyae Development Foundation.

Author : Delville Linford
Publisher : Protea Boekhuis
ISBN 13 : 9781485302681
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book As the Crow Flies written by Delville Linford and published by Protea Boekhuis. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Col Delville Linford offers us - for the first time ‒ his own 'warts and all' report, not only of the legendary 31 Battalion but also of his career in the South African Army.

Author : James Green
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.MQ/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Story of the Australian Bushmen written by James Green and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Koos Stadler
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1612006957
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Recce written by Koos Stadler and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2018-07-13 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping firsthand account of life and combat operations in the elite South African Special Forces, known as Recces, by a veteran Recce officer. The South African Special Forces are one of the most effective—and mysterious—military units in the world. Working in secret on covert operations, the legendary Recces have long fascinated, but little is known about how they operate. Now Koos Stadler, a career officer in the South African Special Forces, shares a revealing chronicle of his life and his experiences in the Border War. Shortly after passing the grueling Special Forces selection course in the early 1980s, Koos Stadler joined the so-called Small Teams group at 5 Reconnaissance Regiment. This sub-unit was made up of two-man teams and was responsible for many secret missions behind enemy lines. Sent to blow up railway lines and enemy fighter jets in south Angola, Stadler and his partner stared death in the face many times.

Author : Timothy J Stapleton
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317316908
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Warfare and Tracking in Africa, 1952–1990 written by Timothy J Stapleton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the decolonization wars in East and Southern Africa, tracking became increasingly valuable as a military tactic. Drawing on archival research and interviews, Stapleton presents a comparative study of the role of tracking in insurgency and counter-insurgency across Kenya, Zimbabwe and Namibia.

Author : Willem Steenkamp
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1920169008
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Borderstrike! written by Willem Steenkamp and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sandy Gall
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bushmen of Southern Africa written by Sandy Gall and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2001 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Facing up to a shameful history, this book celebrates the culture and courage of the first people of Africa, the Bushmen, who, over the past 200 years, have been dispossessed and almost exterminated. In Botswana - miraculously saved by the Mandela government - they are now making their last stand.