By: Anzel Veldman - Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History   War has been a constant presence in human history and as such rewards have been bestowed upon deeds of valour and martial daring. War medals have a long and storied

By: Allan Sinclair - DITSONG: National Museum of Military History   Introduction   For centuries it has been the tradition throughout the world to depict war and battle scenes in art. During the 19th century, war art was recognised as a genre and war

By: Abraham Mohale - Junior Curator, Communication, Sighting and Survey, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History   Figure 1, WW 1- A surveyor on the battlefield.   Introduction   In the 18TH century modern techniques and instruments for surveying emerged. A British mathematician, astronomical and scientific

By: Tinyeko Captain Ndhlovu, Curator: Insignia, Memorial Plaques, Postal History, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History   This article focuses on the description of the spatial organisation and layout of Zulu military homesteads, known as Royal ikhanda (head)/amakhanda (heads), which were introduced

By: Anzel Veldman - Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History   In the muddy, bloody, and hellish battlefields of World War I (1914-1918), soldiers developed a unique language and songs that reflected the harsh realities of their daily lives in the

By: David Rilley-Harris - Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History   The Force Intervention Brigade Insignia (Wikipedia).   The Great African War (1998-2003) brought about the formation of a UN (United Nations) peacekeeping operation in 1999. It would become the largest ever UN peacekeeping

By: David Rilley-Harris - Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History   The Flak 88 on display at the DITSONG: National Museum of Military History (DNMMH).   On display at the DITSONG: National Museum of Military History (DNMMH) you will find one example of an

By: A. Veldman - Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History                           Official photograph of the Somme offensive, July to November 1916.   The Battle of the Somme, a battle of the First World War (1914-1918) started on Saturday, the 1st of July 1916.

By: Michael Tobolo, Junior Curator, DITSONG: National Museum of Military History SA   Introduction   The Churchill Mark IV (A22) tank was a British infantry tank used in the Second World War. The history of the IV Churchill dates to around 1939. Its development was based on

By: Allan Sinclair - DITSONG: National Museum of Military History Introduction Geoffrey Long was one of eight South African war artists officially appointed by the Union Defence Forces during the Second World War (1939 – 1945). Unlike the others, he was daring