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Commander
History of South Africa
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| | 1899 | Botha, Louis | |
| Transvaal Africa Appointed Commander of the Trans vaal Army |
| 1899 | Deventer, Jacob Louis van | |
| Appointed 2nd-in-Command of the Boer army under General Smuts |
| 1901 | Smuts, Jan Christian | |
| Commands the Republican forces in the Cape of Good Hope |
| Smuts serves as Kruger's eyes & ears, handling propaganda, logistics, communication with generals & diplomats |
| 1916 | Smuts, Jan Christian | |
| Appointed Commander of the British troops in British East Africa |
| 1917 | Deventer, Jacob Louis van | |
| Appointed Commander of the 1st Army |
| 1960 | Mandela, Nelson Rolihlahla | |
| Pretoria Africa Appointed Leader of the ANC's army, Umkhonto Wesizwe, "spear of the nation" |
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