Talk:Military history of South Africa

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[edit] Assessment

This is a pretty good B-Class article. You can nominate it for A-Class if you want (if you have any trouble with setting up the nomination, please let us know); but I would say that it's somewhat unlikely to pass until it gets a lot more inline citations, as it's fairly sparsely cited for its length. Kirill Lokshin 16:20, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

• Hi Kirill: Thank you, will do, I am working on it. IZAK 04:25, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] South Africans defeat Italians?

There is a section about the South African army and air force helping to defeat the Italians in the Second Italo-Abbyssinian War. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that's rubbish. Not only did no South African troops fight, but the Italians won the war and took over Ethiopia.

Just wanted to record why I'm deleting that bit. Makaar 22:47, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

South Africa entered the Second World War in Italian East Africa: Yes South African forces did defeat the Italians. http://rapidttp.com/milhist/vol026dt.html http://rapidttp.com/milhist/vol132ga.html http://www.amazon.com/War-Hundred-Days-South-Africans/dp/1874800103/sr=1-13/qid=1168914872/ref=sr_1_13/103-0853323-9117444?ie=UTF8&s=books

Fascinating how this piece of WW2 history is too hard to swallow for some.. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.204.74.100 (talk • contribs).

Er... that's not true. The Second Italo-Abyssinian War was in 1935-1936. You have it confused with the North and East African campaigns during the Second World War. Refresher: WWII was 1939-1945. What you listed was not evidence of a defeat during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, which is what the article seemed to suggest. Besides, the same fact is listed a couple of points later, so it doesn't really matter. Makaar 21:31, 18 January 2007 (UTC)