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Military Despatches Vol 35 May 2020 Warriors Ten exceptional warriors in history RIP General Viljoen Soldier, scholar, politician and a gentleman Erwin Rommel We take a closer look at the Desert Fox Operation Thunderbolt One of the most audacious operations of all time For the military enthusiast CONTENTS May 2020 Page 14 Click on any video below to view How much do you know about movie theme songs? Take our quiz and find out. Hipe’s Wouter de The old South African Goede interviews former Defence Force used 28’s gang boss David a mixture of English, Williams. Afrikaans, slang and techno-speak that few Indian Special Forces outside the military could hope to under- stand. Some of the terms Features 34 were humorous, some A matter of survival were clever, while others 6 This month we look at setting were downright crude. Ten exceptional warriors up camp and making shelters. Every war produces leaders, heroes and great warriors. In Part of Hipe’s “On the this article we take a look at ten 36 couch” series, this is an great warriors in ancient histo- interview with one of ry. Ranks This month we look at the ranks author Herman Charles 20 26 of the Indian Army. Bosman’s most famous The Zimmerman Telegram Ninja - fact or fiction characters, Oom Schalk What was the Zimmerman Tele- Who were the ninja? Were they gram and why was it, probably, A taxi driver was shot Lourens. Hipe spent time in real, or something dreamt up by the most significant Intelligence Hanover Park, an area Hollywood script writers? In dead in an ongoing coup of World War I? Quiz war between rival taxi plagued with gang this article we look at the histor- violence, to view first- ic ninja and try to separate fact organisations. 24 from fiction. 13 hand how Project Show a little respect 32 Ranks Ceasefire is dealing with When Ryan Murphy had the This month we’re looking at the situation. opportunity to visit Auschwitz General Constant Viljoen military ranks. We show you 15 he was left feeling sick to the On 3 April 2020, South Africa tanks, you tell us what they are. Hipe TV brings you videos ranging from actuality to humour and every- stomach. Not just by what had lost a soldier, scholar, politician, And this one isn’t as easy as thing in between. Interviews, mini-documentaries and much more. happened at Auschwitz, but by and a gentleman when Constant you think. But, they’ve all been the behaviour of the tourists vis- Viljoen answered the Sunset featured in past issues. Check out Hipe TV and remember to like, comment, share and subscribe. iting this place of sorrow. Call. We will remember him. 00 3 CONTENTS Page 66 Editor’s PUBLISHER Sitrep Hipe Media EDITOR Matt Tennyson PHOTO EDITOR t was Robert Burns that aid, He doesn’t even want to an- Regine Lord “The best-laid plans of mice swer his phone because he’s CONTRIBUTORS and men often go awry.” convinced that the virus can May in military history I Kevin Ashton, Raymond Fletch- I’m not sure if I’m a man or travel over the phone and infect er, Regine Lord, Ryan Murphy, a mouse, but lately I’ve had this him. Matt O’Brien, Matt Tennyson. strange craving for cheese. Eventually, in the early hours Head-to-Head Forged in Battle Book Review As you may have noticed, this of this morning, I decided to re- Military Despatches is pub- 40 50 65 issue of Military Despatches print three articles from past is- lished on-line every month. A Greater Share of Honour is only coming out on the 2nd sues. It was either that, or not get Strongest military forces Tiger 1 The articles used in Military The Memoirs of a Recce Officer of the month. This first time in an issue of Military Despatches Despatches are copyrighted This month we take a look at Tiger! The very name was enough to invoke fear, the Tiger by Major Jack Greef. An excel- nearly three years that this has out this month. and may not be used without the attack helicopters of the ten was both respected and feared. lent read. happened. And trust me, I’ve already had prior permission from the edi- strongest military forces in the What happened was that three a number of e-mails from read- tor. world. days before deadline I had a ers asking where the May issue The views stated in this mag- problem with the software that I is. Well here it is. azine do not necessary reflect Famous Figures Battlefield Front Cover use to do the layout of the mag- Talking about lockdown, I’m the views of Hipe!, the editor, 56 azine. getting a bit gatvol of it. Not the the staff, or Hipe Media. 46 General Constant Viljoen We’ve had problems before, actual lockdown, but the uncer- Erwin Rommel Operation Thunderbolt was guest speaker at the 2011 but we’ve always managed to tainty behind everything. First Hipe! One of the best generals of Israeli commandos travel 5,000 MOTH Border Boys Parade in get it sorted out before deadline. the government says one thing, P.O. Box 31216, Tokai, 7966 World War II, a man that was km to carry out an audacious Cape Town. This time, however, it was a dif- then they change their mind just South Africa. respected by both friend and hostage rescue. ferent story. as quickly. foe, the Desert Fox was a Normally I phone my comput- The president makes a state- email man to be reckoned with. Gaming er guy and tell him to come and ment and a few days later the [email protected] fix, pronto. And, to his credit, he minister of funny hats overturns 62 does. the decision. Who is actually Back Issues Jagged Alliance: BIA Now with our national lock- running the country? To view any back issues of Lead a group of mercenaries to down it is not that easy to get I should get my software sort- Military Despatches, go to free an island nation. things done. Especially with my ed out soon and the I guess I will www.militarydespatches.co.za Movie Review computer guy. have to start on the June issue. or click here. Look, he’s a nice enough fel- Until next time. low, but if you look up the word 64 paranoia in the dictionary you A Bridge Too Far will see a photograph of him Epic film about Operation Mar- there. Matt ket Garden. 4 5 Top Ten Top Ten from 336 to 323 BC, during battles of Issus and Gaugamela. its supremacy over Italy. A Ten exceptional warriors in history which he built one of the an- He subsequently overthrew lthough Rome had won the cient world’s largest, albeit Persian King Darius III and con- First Punic War, revanchism Every war produces leaders, heroes and great warriors. In this article we take a look at ten great short-lived, empires and was quered the Achaemenid Empire prevailed in Carthage, symbol- warriors in ancient history. one of the most successful mil- in its entirety. At that point, his ised by the alleged pledge that itary leaders in history, being empire stretched from the Adri- Hannibal made to his father undefeated in battle. atic Sea to the Beas River. never to be a friend of Rome. ars have been around At the Battle of Thermopylae At the Hot Gates the Greeks His was not one of those rags- Among the titles claimed by The Second Punic War broke as long as there has the Spartans make a stand in a under Leonidas held off the to-riches stories as he came Alexander were King of Mac- out in 218 after Hannibal’s at- Wbeen recorded his- narrow pass known as ‘The Hot Persians for a week before they from what we would term today edon, Hegemon of Hellenic tack on Saguntum, an ally of tory. And they were probably Gates’. were betrayed by a local resi- a privileged background. League, Strategos autokrator Rome in Hispania. He then around long before history be- The Spartans hold off the Per- dent who showed the Persians As a child he was tutored of Greece, King of Persia, and made his famous military ex- gan to be recorded. sian army for a week, inflicting a route whereby they could out- by none other than Aristotle, Lord of Asia. ploit of carrying war to Italy by And as long as there have huge casualties on them. They flank the Greeks. which will have no doubt giv- He died from a fever at the age crossing the Alps with his Afri- been wars they have produced are then betrayed by Ephialtes, At that point Leonidas sent en him exceptional abilities to of only 32. Unfortunately after can elephants. leaders and followers, heroes a deformed Spartan whose par- away all Greek troops and re- think well. his death his empire was torn In his first few years in Italy, and villains, and some great ents fled Sparta to spare him mained in the pass with his 300 After his father, Philip II, was apart by civil wars that ended in he won a succession of dramat- warriors. Some men, and wom- certain infanticide. Spartans. assassinated, Alexander suc- a number of states ruled by the ic victories at the Trebia, Lake en for that matter, seem to be Ephialtes asks to redeem his What the movie doesn’t tell ceeded his father to the throne.