Sights, sounds, memories
Subtitle: South African soldier experiences of the second World War
By: Ian van der Waag, editor
Series: African military studies -- volume 3
Publisher: African Sun Media
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Stellenbosch
Language: eng
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9781928480907; 9781928480914
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Soldiers; Diaries; Personal narratives (form); Anthologies (form); World War II
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Intro; title: Foreword; title: Acronyms & Abbreviations; title: Military Ranks; title: Introduction; title: Wars are fought, and lived, by real people; title: Ian van der Waag; title: Writing the soldiers' experience; title: 1; title: Literary imaginings: Personal narratives and the 'Springbok Tale'?; title: Ian van der Waag; title: To foreign fields; title: 2; title: Saving Private Lugg; title: Carl Punt; title: 3; title: 'Guppy tummy and sandfly fever': South African military hospitals in the Middle East, 1941-1945; title: Karen Horn; title: 4; title: 'A protracted picnic'? The wartime experience of Arthur Bintliff in Madagascar, 1942; title: Evert Kleynhans; title: 5; title: Eric Axelson and the History of the Sixth SA Armoured Division in Italy, 1943-1945; title: Ian van der Waag; title: Collective experiences and commonalties; title: 6; title: 'Die Propaganda Kolonel': Ernst Malherbe and the battle for morale of ordinary South African soldiers, 1939-1945; title: Fankie L. Monama; title: 7; title: 'A hapless post of hungry men': Interned South African Coloured soldiers in Europe; title: Rishika Yadav; title: 8; title: 'This Great Adventure': White Women in the Union Defence Force, 1939-1945; title: Suryakanthie Chetty; title: 9; title: Alien Springboks: Foreign Volunteers in South Africa's Union Defence Force, 1940-1945; title: Fankie L. Monama; title: 10; title: From the Battlefield to the Ballot Box: War Veterans and South African Politics, 1945-1960; title: Graeme Plint and Anri Delport; title: Appendix; title: A Select Guide to Published South African Soldier Narratives of the Second World War; title: Ian van der Waag