By: David Rilley-Harris, Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History (DNMMH)     After the shock of the First World War (1914-1918) the League of Nations was set up as the world’s first intergovernmental organisation designed to prevent conflicts anywhere on earth from

By: Abraham Mohale - Junior Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History     Figure 1. World Refugee Day poster design. Word Refugee Day falls every year on 20 June. (Source: https://www.istockphoto.com/photos/world-refugee-day)     Introduction                                                                                                                                    On 20 June 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) joined the United Nations

By: David Rilley-Harris, Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History (DNMMH)     (Picture: DITSONG: National Museum of Military History).   The South African military developed the G5 and G6 howitzers in the 1970s and 1980s to keep up with developments in weapons technology during

By: David Rilley-Harris, Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History (DNMMH)   Vela satellites prior to launch (Picture: National Security Archive. https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/nuclear-vault/2019-09-22/vela-flash-forty-years-ago).   In 1963, numerous countries signed or acceded to the Partial Test Ban Treaty (PTBT), including the USA, USSR, South Africa, and Israel.

By: David Rilley-Harris, Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History (DNMMH)   A German soldier, not cowardly, but incapacitated (Picture: https://daliennation.wordpress.com/2017/11/18/medical-history-shell-shock/).   Before the First World War (1914-1918) combat had revolved largely around cavalry and infantry tactics, but by the beginning of the twentieth