DIE ROL VAN DIE SEEMAG IN DUITS SUIDWES-AFRIKA 1914-15

dc.creator	J.E.H. Grobler
dc.date	2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:09:34Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:09:34Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/7-2-819
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/3113694141ca4090b9282975970fe7a5
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/9104
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/3113694141ca4090b9282975970fe7a5
dc.description	<p>At the outbreak of World War I the German colony of South West Africa poseda serious threat to the British war effort.' The colony wn situated on the main andsefest British supply and communication route to the eut, and It was therefore of theutmost Importance that It should fall Into Allied hands. Otherwise the harbours ofUideritzbucht, Walflsch Bay and Swakopmund might be used by the German Pacificsquadron - then operating off the South American Cont, and strong radio transmittersof the colony could keep the German High Command well Informed of the situationIn the southern hemisphere.</p><p>General Botha, Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa, agreed to a Britishrequest to send an expedition against the German colony, but before this could getunder way, a serious rebellion broke out In the Union. The defeat of Cradock's squadronat Coronel and the prnenca of von Spee's warships in the Atlantic added to theanxietln of the South African leaders.</p><p>For the next two months the Admiralty'. Inability to provide an adequate escortfor the expeditionary foree and the dlaorganlaetlon of the Union Defence Forenby the rebellion upset the South African plans for the campaign In South West Africa.Only with the defeat of von Spee at the Falkland Islands and the capitulation of theprincipal rebel forees In South Africa was It possibleto launch the expedition effectively.</p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/819
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 7, Iss 2 (2012)
dc.subject	Administrative Service Corps
dc.subject	South African Defence Force
dc.subject	he history of the Administrative Service Corps
dc.subject	'Q' Services Corps
dc.subject	Ordnance Corps
dc.subject	Pay and Clerical Corps
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	DIE ROL VAN DIE SEEMAG IN DUITS SUIDWES-AFRIKA 1914-15
dc.type	Article