LIST OF SOURCES

OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS

  1. S.A.D.F. documents, S.A.D.F. Archives, Pretoria.
  2. Union War Histories documents, Government Archives, Pretoria.
  3. United Kingdom Cabinet Office (Historical Section), London.

UNOFFICIAL REPORTS, NARRATIVES, Etc.

  1. Ashburner, W. F. 'To Arms Unbidden.'
  2. Brink, Geo. E. 'Manpower and Organisation.'
  3. Brink, Geo. E. 'The Hard Road to Sidi Rezeg.'
  4. Cronje, W. C. 'Report on Crossroads Action.'
  5. Gifford, L.J. and Van der Riet, W. R. 'F.F.B. History.'
  6. Joubert, S. 'Oupa's Story--To my Grandchildren.'
  7. Mule, T. F. '1 Gruppo Artiglieria da Posizione--Batteria da 120/25.'
  8. Will, D. D. and Grobbelaar, D. B. H. 'History of the F.F.B..'
  9. Letters received from senior S.A. and British officers who served in East Africa in 1940-1.
  10. Notes on interviews with S.A. and British officers and other ranks who served in East Africa in 1940-1.
  11. Notes on the author's original draft manuscript, made by officers who took part in the operations concerned.

LITERATURE

  1. BOOKS
    1. Anderson, K. Mine Flames (Purnell), Cape Town, 1964.
    2. Avon, Earl ofEden Memoirs--The Reckoning (Cassell), London, 1965.
    3. Barker, A.J. Eritrea, 1941 (Faber & Faber), London, 1966.
    4. Bartlett, A. M. King's African Rifles (Gale & Polden), Aldershot, 1956.
    5. Birkby, C. Springbok Victory (Libertas Publications), Johannesburg, 1941.
    6. Birkby, C. (Ed.) The Saga of the Transvaal Scottish Regiment, 1932-1950 (Timmins), Cape Town, 1950.
    7. Blarney, A. E. A Company Commander Remembers, Pietermaritzburg, 1963.
    8. Broil, M. Mud, Blood and Laughter (War Fund Books), Cape Town, 1943.
    9. Bryant, A. The Turn of the Tide (Reprint Society), London, 1958.
    10. Churchill, W. S. The Second World War (Cassell), London, 1964, vols. 4 and 5.
    11. Connell, J. Wavell, Scholar and Soldier (Collins), London, 1964.
    12. Cowin, J. N. The Story of the Ninth, Johannesburg, 1948.
    13. Curson, H. H. History of the Kimberley Regiment, 1876-1962, Kimberley, 1963.
    14. Douglas, W. S. Short History of the Cape Town Highlanders, Cairo, 1944.
    15. Dower, K. G. Abyssinian Patchwork (Muller), London, 1949.
    16. Greenfield, R. Ethiopia (Pall Mall), London, 1965.
    17. Hattersley, A. F. Carbineer (Gale & Polden), Aldershot, 1950.
    18. Haywood, A. andThe History of the Royal West African Frontier Force (Gale & Clarke, F. A. S. Polden), Aldershot, 1964.
    19. Klein, H. (Ed.)Springbok Record (S.A. Legion), Johannesburg, 1946.
      Klein, H. Springboks in Armour (Purnell), Cape Town, 1965.
    20. MacDonald, J. F. Abyssinian Adventure (Cassell), London, 1957.
    21. McKenzie, A. G. The Dukes, Cape Town, 1957.
    22. Maravigna, P. Come Abbiamo Perduto la Guerra in Africa (Tosi), Roma, 1948.
    23. Muggeridge, M. (Ed.) Ciano Diaries, 1939-1943 (Heinemann), London, 1947.
    24. Orpen, N. Gunners of the Cape, Cape Town, 1965.
    25. Simpkins, B. G. Rand Light Infantry (Timmins), Cape Town, 1965.
    26. 'Tort'. Gunners--A Saga of Rhodesian Artillerymen (S. Rhod. Artillery Assoc.), Salisbury, 1947.
    27. Treccani, G. Enciclopedia Italiana, Roma, 1949. Vols. I, X, XVIII and XXIII.
    28. Tungay, R. W. The Fighting Third, Cape Town, 1947.

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  1. OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS, PERIODICALS, JOURNALS, ETC.
    1. Department of Defence. Annual Reports for 1934 (TJ.G. No. 47, 1934), and 1937 (U.G. No. 8, 1939).
    2. House of Assembly Debates. Hansard, vols. 23, 37.
    3. The London Gazette, London. Supplements to Nos. 37594, 5/6/1946, and 37645, 10/7/1946, Wavell's Despatch, and 37645, 10/6/1946, Auchinleck's Despatch.
    4. Union Government Publications. U.G.I (1933); U.G.I (1934); U.G.I (1935); U.G. 1 (1936); U.G. 1 and U.G. 29 (1937); U.G. 1 and U.G. 38 (1938).
    5. Ministero della Difesa, Stato Maggiore Esercito, Ufficio Storico, Roma, 1952. La Guerra in Africa Orientale.
    6. Her Mqjestey's Stationery Office, London. History of the Second World War--The Mediterranean and Middle East, vols. I and II. 1954, 1956,
    7. Cape Times, Cape Town. 9/2/1934; 7/9/1939; 28/12/1940; 30/12/1940.
    8. S.A. Tank Corps Magazine, January 1942.

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