Sights, Sounds, Memories : South African Soldier Experiences of the Second World War.

Intro -- Foreword -- Acronyms &amp -- Abbreviations -- Military Ranks -- Introduction -- Wars are fought, and lived, by real people -- Ian van der Waag -- Writing the soldiers' experience -- 1 -- Literary imaginings: Personal narratives and the 'Springbok Tale'? -- Ian van der Waag -- To foreign fields -- 2 -- Saving Private Lugg -- Carl Punt -- 3 -- 'Guppy tummy and sandfly fever': South African military hospitals in the Middle East, 1941-1945 -- Karen Horn -- 4 -- 'A protracted picnic'? The wartime experience of Arthur Bintliff in Madagascar, 1942 -- Evert Kleynhans -- 5 -- Eric Axelson and the History of the Sixth SA Armoured Division in Italy, 1943-1945 -- Ian van der Waag -- Collective experiences and commonalties -- 6 -- 'Die Propaganda Kolonel': Ernst Malherbe and the battle for morale of ordinary South African soldiers, 1939-1945 -- Fankie L. Monama -- 7 -- 'A hapless post of hungry men': Interned South African Coloured soldiers in Europe -- Rishika Yadav -- 8 -- 'This Great Adventure': White Women in the Union Defence Force, 1939-1945 -- Suryakanthie Chetty -- 9 -- Alien Springboks: Foreign Volunteers in South Africa's Union Defence Force, 1940-1945 -- Fankie L. Monama -- 10 -- From the Battlefield to the Ballot Box: War Veterans and South African Politics, 1945-1960 -- Graeme Plint and Anri Delport -- Appendix -- A Select Guide to Published South African Soldier Narratives of the Second World War -- Ian van der Waag.

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