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Their Paths Crossed Mine - Memoirs of the Commandant-General of the Ossewa-Brandwag by Hans van Rensburg is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Dr. Hans van Rensburg, Commandant-General of the Ossewa-Brandwag during the last war, here gives an insight, for the first time, into the fight behind the lines of his outlawed "army". This is the story of a man, destined for the highest ranks of the Government Service, who resigned the post of Administrator of his homeland, the Orange Free State, to lead a rebel organi zation which sabotaged South Africa's war effort in its struggle for a Republic and recognition of those who felt no particular affinity with Great Britain, its triumphs and disasters, its hopes and its failures. It is their story - or as much as their Leader may tell. But this book is more than the story of the Ossewa-Brandwag and the S.J.s.It is the story of Hans van Rensburg, from the little voortrekker town of Winburg to Hitler's Berlin, of the people Who crossed his path and, to some extent, shaped it.from General Hertzog to Adolf Hitler, from General Smuts to Dr. Malan, from Angola Boers to Oswald Pirow, from Communists to cannibals; with Greek partisans and Lord Milner, or Oswald Spengler and Siegmund Freud, the Prince of Wales or Paul Kruger - all as a background of influence on his path. There are many more
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- Author
- Hans van Rensburg
- Publisher
- Central News Agency Ltd.
- Published
- 1956
- Language
- EN
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, African History, Humanities