The South African
Military History Society
Die Suid-Afrikaanse Krygshistoriese Vereniging


Archive of past lecture topics

Johannesburg
5 October 1966 Inaugural meeting and founding of society
1966 3 November Maj R J Southey E.D. The Battle of Majuba
1966 1 December Cmdt B G Simpkins J.C.D., M.M. The Rand Light Infantry in Egypt and Libya, 1940-1945
1967 2 February Capt J A Ball South Africa's Achievements in the Field of P.O.W. Administration, 1941-1947
1967 9 March Dr Jan Ploeger, D.Phil. History of the South African War Forts in the Pretoria Area
1967 17 April Col Harry Klein Psychological Warfare in Italy, 1940-1945
1967 11 May Mr Arthur Blake
Brig J Willers		 Aircraft Production in SA 1929-1939
The Atlas Aircraft Plant
June - August 1967 No meetings appear to have been held during this period
1967 14 September Dr G A Christidis The Battle of Waterloo
1967 19/23? October Cmdt B G Simpkins
Film		 The Battle of El Alamein
Desert Vistory
1967 2 November Dr R E Stevenson Battlefields of Natal
(Some doubt if this was delivered)
1967 14 December Squad-Ldr D P Tidy, M.A. Dodecanese Disaster and the Battle of Simi, 1943
1968 11 January Advocate M Friedman An Introduction to South African Military History during the Nineteenth Century
1968 8 February Dr G A Christidis Rorke's Drift and Isandhlwana
1968 14 March Mr C J Barnard General Louis Botha and the Battle of Colenso
1968 4 April Maj S W J Kotze The Military System of the Boer Commandos
1968 27 May Mr G A Chadwick The Battles of Hlobane and Kambula
1968 13 June Dr Peter Becker A Comparative Study in Strategy in Tribal Warfare in the Nineteenth Century
1968 7 July Cmdt G R Duxbury The First South African War
1968 8 August Prof D W Kruger Military Aspects of Blood River
1968 12 September Prof N G Garson The Crisis Period during the Nineties
1968 3 October Dr G A Christidis Strategical Blunders of the Second World War
1968 14 November Prof M C E van Schoor General Christiaan de Wet
1968 12 December Col D E Peddle The Battle of Magersfontein
1969 13 February Advocate M Friedman An Introduction to the American Civil War
1969 13 March Col K P Pitts, U.S.Army The War in the West through Vicksburg
1969 10 April Col K P Pitts, U.S.Army The War in the East before and after General Grant
1969 8 May Cmdt N N Orpen, J.C.D. NATO and the Warsaw Pact - Their Histories
1969 12 June Film Evening  
1969 28 July Mr G A Chadwick An Evaluation of the Military Conflict between the Voortrekkers and the Zulus
1969 14 August Prof B Bromolow-Downing The Lighter Side of Life as a Prisoner of War
1969 11 September Dr C J Barnard General Botha and the Battle of Spioen Kop
1969 2 October Prof B Cockram Diplomacy and the use of Armed Force
1969 13 November Lt-Gen C A Fraser, S.S.A., S.M. Unconventional Warfare
1969 1 December Mr Brian Chilvers Vietnam
1970 12 February Mr T Tolhurst The Battle of Jutland
1970 12 March Mr R Macnab General de Villebois-Mareuil
1970 9 April Mr V Solomon The 1914 Rebellion
1970 14 May Col G K Roodt The Quality of the Leadership of the Boer Generals, 1899-1902
1970 11 June Mr Stewart Jones
Mr R G Murchison		 The Causes of World War 1
Seven Pounders at Mafeking
1970 9 July Col K P Pitts The Great War - The Western Front
1970 13 August Col K P Pitts The Great War - The Other Fronts
1970 10 September Mr Jacques van Oortmerssen The Poets and Poetry of the First World War
1970 8 October Col W P Lunn-Rockliffe The East Africa Campaign 1914-1918
1970 12 November Mr A P Cartwright The Jameson Raid - Some New Thoughts
1970 2 December Sqdn-Ldr D P Tidy, M.A.
Mr V Solomon		 The Great War - The Air Forces
The American Public's Outlook on the Korean War
1971 11 February Mr Tony Cross
Maj Darrell Hall		 The History of Fire-Arms in the First World War
Slide shows: "Gettysburg" and "Tobruk"
1971 11 March Mr William Westwood Brain-washing of United Nations Prisoners of War by the Communists - Korea, 1950
1971 1 April A.G.M. and Film Evening
1971 13 May Dr Hugh Tracey History in Song
1971 10 June Mr Andrew Cook The Campaign and Battle of Arbela
1971 8 July Col G R Duxbury The Relief of Kimberley and the Battle of Paardeberg
1971 12 August Maj Deon Fourie Strategy and Tactics
1971 9 September Prof Albert Geyser The Dead Sea Scrolls - The War Scrolls
1971 14 October Mr W J P Carr Warfare in the Anciemt World
1971 11 November Dr F Machanik The History of Firearms
1971 2 December Dr G A Christidis The Campaigns of Alexander the Great
1972 February Advocate M Friedman The Six Days War
1972 March Dr F Machanik History of Arms
1972 April A.G.M. and Film Evening
1972 May Mr Bob Fair Groenkop, 1901 and Surrender Hill, 1900
1972 8 June Mr G A Chadwick Lord Chelmsford's Ulundi Campaign, 1879
1972 13 July Col G R Duxbury Tobruk
1972 10 August Col F Wagoner General Douglas Macarthur
1972 7 September Dr R de R Jooste Operation Barbarossa and Disaster at Moscow, 1941
1972 12 October Maj Darrell D Hall Slide show & recorded commentary - Winston Churchill
1972 9 November Mr V Solomon The Hands-Uppers
1972 7 December Mr H W Kinsey The Sekukuni Wars
1973 8 February Prof C J Barnard Studies in the Generalship of the Boer Commanders
1973 8 March Prof Revil Mason Archaeology and War in Africa
1973 12 April Mr A Sinclair Warsaw Uprising, 1944
1973 10 May Maj Deon Fourie Operations Research
1973 14 June Mr A Harrington Sir Harry Smith
1973 12 July Dr P Thompson The Confederacy's Defeat in the American Civil War
1973 9 August Col P M J McGregor 3 Bomber Wing, S.A.A.F., World War II, 1942
1973 13 September The Hon Mr Justice C Margo Lessons from World War II on the Composition, Command and Multi-Purpose Utilization of a Tactical Air Force
1973 11 October Col D E Peddle Magersfontein - The Little Known Aspects
1973 8 November Mr Rod Murchison
Mr Rod Murchison, Junior		 General George A Custer - The Battle of Little Big Horn
A Comparison with the Battle of Isandhlwana
1973 6 December Cmdt C A Bakkes The British Breakthrough in Natal, 1900
1974 14 February Mr John Barratt The Present War in Mocambique
1974 14 March Mr Alf Wade The Prince Imperial
1974 4 April A.G.M. and Film Evening
1974 9 May Dr F J Hewitt The History of Radar and South Africa's Contribution to it
1974 13 June Prof G N van den Bergh Die Beleg van Potchefstroom (in Afrikaans)
1974 11 July Mr Uys Krige What my P.O.W Experiences Taught Me
1974 8 August Mr Mervyn Emms Early Cape Fortifications
1974 12 September Dr S B Spies Attitudes to the Civilian Population during the Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902
1974 3 October Panel of speakers: Col D E Peddle, Maj D D Hall and Cmdt Cas Bakkes The Battle of Elandslaagte - An In-depth Analysis
1974 14 November Miss Fiona Barbour The Siege of Kimberley
1974 5 December Mr B C Christopher The Siege of Ladysmith
1975 13 February Dr G A Christidis The Battle of the Marne
1975 13 March Speakers included Col G R Duxbury, Maj D D Hall, Miss R Feldman, Mr Arthur Blake and Mr John Keene Organised Tour of The War Museum
1975 10 April A.G.M. and Film Evening
1975 15 May Mr Otto Reitz Somaliland Burgher Corps, 1903
1975 19 June Prof Revil Mason Archaeology and War - Results of the Excvavations on the Potchefstroom Fort Site
1975 10 July Dr B J Liebenberg Andries Pretorius in Natal (in Afrikaans)
1975 7 August Prof N Garson History of the English-speaking Peoples of South Africa 1820-1960
1975 11 September Maj Darrell D Hall and Col Dick E Peddle Airborne Assault
1975 2 October Dr June Schneider Martial Music
1975 13 November Mr Jan de Villiers The Cape Hottentot Regiments, 1795-1803
1975 4 December Speakers were Maj D D Hall, Mr Ian Haselau and Capt Arthur Blake Organized Tour of the War Museum
1976 15 January   Film Evening
1976 12 February Dr Felix Machanik The Battle of Congella
1976 11 March Capt J H A Speir The Six Day War, 1967
1976 8 April A.G.M. and Film - The Making of the Bomb
1976 13 May Mr C H Cohen The Russo-Japanese War, 1905
1976 10 June Organized tour of the Museum, speakers being:
Maj D D Hall
Mr Dudley Aitken
Capt Arthur Blake		 on subjects:
Guns
Swords
M.E. 109 and Spitfire
1976 8 July Mr H W Kinsey War Graves in South Africa and the Study of Military History
1976 12 August Prof C J Barnard Boer War - Prisoner of War Escapes
1976 9 September Maj Darrell D Hall and Col Dick E Peddle Beach Assault
1976 14 October Cmdt B G Simpkins The Battle of El Alamein
1976 11 November   Film Evening
1976 19 November   Braai to celebrate the Tenth Anniversary of the Society


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