`War in Italy with the South Africans from Taranto to the Alps` Hard cover.

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`War in Italy with the South Africans from Taranto to the Alps"  Hard cover.

The South African Air Force and ground volunteers stormed into Italy under an invisible banner reading "Avenge Tobruk!"  It had been a recruiting slogan after the shattering losses when Rommel's Afrika Korps recaptured the port on 21 June 1942.  But their primary resolve was to prove that they could fight as well as any army given the proper equipment, training and organisation.

South Africans at War is a remarkable new series about the South African contribution during this century to the two World Wars and the Korean War.  South African men and women of all races were called upon at short notice to risk the ultimate sacrifice for their country, the British Empire and the freedom of mankind.  Many made that sacrifice.

The series is a history of the war, though not official.  It deals rather with the doings of people at home and abroad in all these conflicts, lonely danger and discomfort, often great disappointment.

The series is about the fortunes of war and those who played their part in those wars.  This is he South African story, and it is one to be proud of.