Open AccessDIE WAT WEN 'n Generaal se storie uit 'n era van oorlog en vrede
Author(s) -
Jillian Dutton
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
scientia militaria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2309-9682
pISSN - 2224-0020
DOI - 10.5787/24-2-277
Subject(s) - ancient history , paragraph , history , political science , law
The title of this book of General Jannie Geldenhuys he explains in his ultimate paragraph. Napoleon, when asked on an occasion, which soldiers were the best, replied : "Those who are victorious" - Die wat wen. Jannie Geldenhuys served during his last decade in the South African Defence Force as Chief of the Army and thereafter as Chief of the SADF. During those years he certainly exercised command over victorious South African soldiers, soldiers (or rather servicemen) who maintianed the record of those who served in the two World Wars of this 20th Century.