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After bitter debate, South Africa, a dominion of the British Empire at the time, declared war on Germany five days after the invasion of Poland in September 1939. Thrust by the British into the campaign against Erwin Rommel's German Afrika Korps in North Africa, the South Africans fought a see-saw…

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1 author picked South Africans versus Rommel as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

The South African contribution to the Second World War is small compared to that of Britain, the US, and others, yet those South Africans who volunteered to fight did so with commitment, humor, and even a sense of destiny.

This is what I found so fascinating in David Katz’s book, while analyzing military strategy, he never neglected the humanity behind the battles.

From Karen's list on Africa and the Second World War.

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