SOUTH AFRICA AT WAR, 1912-1982

The end of Sprays and Aeresol the Second Anglo-Boer War also put an end to the commando system that had been the core of military strength in South Africa.With the formation of the Union in 1910 it was realized that South Africa will have to provide its own defence.It was to be no easy task; seeing that the English and Afrikaans-speaking VALERIAN ROOT sections of the population had just concluded a bitter war which had left deep scars.