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text: THE GERMAN IS THE FOE OF SOUTH AFRICAN FREEDOM (GENERAL BOTHA)
ROLL UP AND FIGHT YOUR ONLY FOE
BEAT THE HUN
AND KEEP SOUTH AFRICA FREE
The Goverment Printing and Stationery Office, Pretoria.
2037 - 2.4.1918. - 2000.
General Louis Botha (1862-1919) was a soldier and statesman, who became the first Prime Minister of the Union of South
Africa in 1910.
During the Boer War (1899-1902), Botha fought successfully against the British, rising to the rank of General. However on returning to
politics after the war he sought reconciliation with his former opponents.
At the outbreak of the First World War Botha offered South African troops to Britain, which provoked a rebellion among pro-German Boers.
The revolt was quelled in 1915 and South African troops successfully occupied the German colony of South-West Africa (modern Namibia) the
same year. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | politicians empire / commonwealth Botha Colonies Pretoria] ZA.O Goevernementsdruckkerij en Kantoor racial stereotypes Louis recruiting WW1 South African Home Front Pretoria [The Government Printing and Stationery Office | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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