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Nicki von der Heyde's Field Guide to the Battlefields of South Africa PDF

By Nicki von der Heyde

ISBN-10: 1431701009

ISBN-13: 9781431701001

specialist battlefields advisor Nicki von der Heyde offers seventy one battles masking 3 wars and a sequence of conflicts that formed the process South Africa’s historical past – from the colonial clashes that characterized the 18th and nineteenth centuries via to the Anglo-Zulu struggle of 1879 and the 2d Anglo-Boer battle of 1899–1902.

Informative and energetic bills of the engagements are supplied, with precise awareness given to the context, motion, results and important warring parties concerned.

Arranged in provincial and nearby order, the sphere consultant to the Battlefields of South Africa contains an array of certain good points that permit for a captivating and multi-layered account of the battles:

• 580 images
• eighty illustrated timelines
• 60 truth and have boxes
• sixteen annotated conflict maps
• 10 local locator maps
• unique instructions to every site
• GPS co-ordinates for inaccessible locations.

Comprehensive, compelling and vividly illustrated, the sphere consultant to the Battlefields of South Africa is an necessary software for pro and beginner army historians in addition to someone drawn to exploring South Africa’s interesting history.

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