u/IlikeGeekyHistoryRSA

The Sonderfahndungsliste G.B. ("Special Search List Great Britain") was a secret list of prominent British residents to be arrested and potentially executed, produced in 1940 by the Schutzstaffel (SS) as part of the preparation for the proposed invasion of Britain. After the war, the list became known as the Black Book. Lots of interesting names were mentioned. Well worth a read of the notable inclusions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Black\_Book\_(list)

Taking place at the 1904 World's Fair in St Louis, this reenactment was classed as "the greatest and most realistic military spectacle known in the history of the world". Mosr of the reenactors were veterans of the actual 2nd Boer War who were paid to come over and reenact.

Different portions of the concession featured a British Army encampment, several South African native villages (including Zulu, Bushmen, Swazi, and Ndebele) and a 15-acre (61,000 m2) arena in which soldiers paraded, sporting events and horse races were held and major battles from the Second Boer War were re-enacted twice a day. Battle recreations took 2–3 hours and included several Generals and 600 veteran soldiers from both sides of the war.

2 of the reenactors (who happened to be dispatch runners in the actual Boer War) would become the first Black Africans (Len Taunyane and Jan Mashiani) to participate in the Olympics at the 1904 men's marathon (also held in St Louis since the World's Fair organizers threatened to hold their own Olympics if the Olympics didnt move to St Louis), which was an incredibly strange event that i would recommend reading the wikipedia page for.

repost because i forgot rule 12, oops

https://apnews.com/article/us-trump-rubio-south-africa-whites-visa-5cedd7e02f570f5bbf4cdd3cef365fb9

A little while ago, i got a book on the of the fall of Tobruk from the South African perspective. This book is called 'Avenge Tobruk', and is actually pretty good.

In the book, there is a moment described in which Rommel, upon seeing the surrendered General Klopper, gets into a heated state. The reason for this is likely that: initially on the day before this meeting, Klopper had wanted to try and hold out at his position and Tobruk and wait for Allied reinforcements. The next morning though, upon reflecting on the situation further and taking advice from 8th Army Headquarters, Klopper quickly realized that there was no chance, and then chose to surrender. Rommel, meanwhile, had been hoping to take advantage of his incredibly quick successes in Tobruk and keep advancing further into Allied territory while the Allies were in complete retreat. Of course, with Hendrik's force still holding out at this stage, Rommel was unable to do so. Klopper chose to surrender the next morning, and this interaction between the two is then described:

Rommel was standing up when General Klopper drove up. The German General was in a furious temper. "Why," he demanded of General Klopper, "did you not cease fighting last night? You have held me up." To which Klopper reminded Rommel that: "I, too, have a duty to carry out." Rommel then demanded to know where General de Villiers (the South African General who captured Bardia) was, to which Klopper told him that he wasn't at Tobruk. Rommel, with an angry gesture, indicated towards the smoldering supply dumps which South Africans (under order of Klopper) destroyed, before shouting: "Why did you permit the water and petrol to be destroyed? Your men will suffer, they will march without water." (Another war crime under Rommel's name). Klopper reminded Rommel that his men were now POW's and needed to be treated as such, at which point Rommel ordered his officers to take Klopper away.

source for photo: https://archive.org/details/s-a-pictorial-volume-xiv/S\_A\_Pictorial\_Volume\_XIV?q=Rand+revolt+1922+South+Africa