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The Hunter Group Was a Huge Success Force Officer Who Was the OC CONTRIBUTORS This Year the Hunter Group, Which Later Went on to W(Thanks for Asking) Military Despatches Vol 13 July 2018 Ten misconceptions about WWII Things about WWII that you thought were true Military Manifestations The most haunted battlefields and military installations The plot(s) to kill Hitler There were at least 28 attempts to assassinate Hitler Battlefield - Operation Babylon The surgical airstrike on Iraq’s nuclear reactor Heinrich Himmler Hitler’s most loyal sycophant For the military enthusiast Military Despatches July 2018 What’s in this month’s edition Feature Articles 6 Ten misconceptions about World War II Click on any video below to view Ten things about World War II that most people be- lieve. But how many of them are misconceptions? How much do you know about movie theme 14 Military Manifestations songs? Take our quiz Matt O’Brien takes a closer look at things that go and find out. bump in the night. 18 A matter of survival - Facing disaster Page 6 Part three in our new survival series. This month we Hipe’s Wouter de The old South African look at survival stresses and the basics needs for sur- Goede interviews former Defence Force used vival 28’s gang boss David a mixture of English, Williams. Afrikaans, slang and 20 Rank Structure - WWII Japanese Military techno-speak that few This month we look at the Japanese Military in World outside the military War II. could hope to under- stand. Some of the terms Quiz were humorous, some 23 That’s our motto Page 14 were clever, while others This month we give you a motto (in English) and you were downright crude. tell us who it’s associated with. 24 Sea Cadets show UCT students how to lead Part of Hipe’s “On the By Sinethemba Ncetani, UCT Geology student & couch” series, this is an Groote Schuur Residence 2018 Subwarden. interview with one of author Herman Charles 26 The plot(s) to kill Hitler Bosman’s most famous Even before the Nazis came to power in 1933 there characters, Oom Schalk were at least four attempts on Adolf Hitler’s life. From Page 26 Lourens. Hipe spent time in the time Hitler came to power until he committed sui- A taxi driver was shot cide on 30 April 1945, there were at least 28 assassi- dead in an ongoing Hanover Park, an area nation attempts on his life. We look at some of them. war between rival taxi plagued with gang organisations. violence, to view first- Cover Photograph hand how Project Under the cover of smoke, members of the SANDF Ceasefire is dealing with launch an attack on an enemy strong point. The photo the situation. was taken by the editor during a training exercise near Cape Town. Hipe TV brings you videos ranging from actuality to humour and every- thing in between. Interviews, mini-documentaries and much more. Check out Hipe TV and remember to like, comment, share and subscribe. 00 3 Head-to-Head 32 Main Battle Tanks This month we look at the Main Battle Tanks of ten countries. Infamous Figures Editor’s PUBLISHER 38 Heinrich Himmler Sitrep Hipe Media One of Hitler’s most loyal sycophants and the archi- tect of the Holocaust, yet at the end he would spec- Page 32 EDITOR tacularly betray his master. Matt Tennyson PHOTOGRAPHER Forged in Battle Regine Lord ell my eye surgery They were started by a citizen 44 The Hunter Group was a huge success force officer who was the OC CONTRIBUTORS This year the Hunter Group, which later went on to W(thanks for asking). of the South African Irish Regi- Paul J. Els, Raymond Fletch- become 2 Reconnaissance Commando, would have Being able to now see out of ment. er, Ryan Murphy, Sinethemba turned 50 years old. both eyes has been amazing. Commandant Gil van Kerck- Ncetani, Matt O’Brien, Matt It’s hard to believe that one hoven got the idea back in Tennyson, Lt Cdr Glenn von Battlefield Page 38 year ago we published the very 1966 to put together a specially Zeil. first issue of Military Despatch- trained group of men. A group 48 Operation Babylon While most of the world condemned Israel’s attack es online. For those that may that was trained to deal with the Military Despatches is pub- Page 48 on the Iraqi nuclear facility at al-Tuwaitha , Operation have missed any issues of the new type of guerilla warfare. lished on-line every month. Babylon actually did the world a huge favour. magazine, you can now find In 1968 the Hunter Group was The articles used in Military all of them at www.hipe.co.za. formed. They were, in essence, Despatches are copyrighted Just click on the underlined link the SADF’s first Special Forces and may not be used without above to get access to them. unit. Reviews prior permission from the edi- 52 Game Review - Empire: Total War You may notice a small Paul J. Els, the author of tor. With bold ambitions to expand his empire Matt O’ change this month. In the past the article, has written a book The views stated in this mag- Brien sets out to conquer Europe, the Americas, and 12 issues we looked a various about the history of the group, azine do not necessary reflect India. That’s if he doesn’t get lost at sea again. “Famous Figures in Military Saturday Soldiers - The Hunt- the views of Hipe!, the editor, History”. These have featured er Group. You can find out how the staff, or Hipe Media. four people from World War to order a copy of the book on 54 Movie Review - The Longest Day I, eight from World War II, as page 47. Hipe! A World War II epic. well as a dog (Just Nuisance). That’s about it for this month. P.O. Box 31216, Tokai, 7966 This month we decided to I trust that all of you in the Cape South Africa. 55 Book Review - “Mad Mike” Hoare: The Legend look at not a famous figure, but are enjoying the rain. Let’s hope In this biography Chris Hoare separates the man rather an infamous one - Hein- we get a bit more of it before email from the myth in a way only a son can, rich Himmler. So in the future then end of winter. [email protected] we will also look at people that may not have been the nicest Until next month. Back Issues The Lighter Side characters - infamous rather Page 56 To view any back issues of 56 Nice to meet you than famous. But all still an im- Military Despatches, go to One things was certain for anyone that did national portant part of military history. www.hipe.co.za or click here. There’s an interesting article service - you would get to meet a lot of new and inter- on page 44 this month. In our Matt esting people. “Forged in Battle” section we look at the Hunter Group. 63 Quiz Answers 4 5 the illusion that what happened Top Ten between 1939 and 1941 was a complete new form of warfare. They are wrong on both ac- counts. One needs to look at the 10 misconceptions bigger picture. In his article “Blitzkrieg: about World War II Revolution or Evolution”, Ten things about World War II that most people believe. But how many Weichong Org states, “To the of them are misconceptions? Germans however, blitzkrieg was never a revolution, but the incremental development istory is sometimes de- look good and your opposition • The German SS in World of concepts and doctrines that fined as a continuous, look bad. War II, with their blonde originated from the campaigns Hsystematic narrative of Often what we take to be his- hair and blue eyes, were the of Frederick the Great, Blücher, past events as relating to a par- tory was actually propaganda. cream of Aryan manhood. BLITZKRIEG: It was not a revolution, but rather an evolution. Moltke the Elder, and those of ticular people, country, period, Winston Churchill also said, “In • German war crimes during the First World War.” person, etc., usually written as wartime, truth is so precious World War II were commit- As for the thing about the Ger- Frieser goes on to say that A closer look at Prussian and a chronological account. that she should always be at- ted only by the SS. man SS being the cream of Ar- the so-called Blitzkrieg-Denken German military history shows It is through history that we tended by a bodyguard of lies.” • The US Navy developed yan manhood. More than 60% (Blitzkrieg concept) developed a number of themes that run know so much about past events Joseph Goebbels. Nazi pol- technology to make ships of them were not even German. only after the campaign in the through it. First is the focus and people. This is also true itician and Reich Minister of invisible, in the “Philadel- Let’s take a slightly more in West. on short wars won by decisive when it comes to military histo- Propaganda of Nazi Germany phia Experiment”. depth look at some other mis- The word Blitzkrieg was battles. Second is the concept ry. from 1933 to 1945, also had • Adolf Hitler’s real name was conceptions about World War rarely used by the Germans be- of surprise, mobility and oper- Yet often the narrative of some interesting things to say actually Adolf Schicklgru- II. fore the war. There are very few ational manoeuvre. There is a past events may not accurate- about it. ber. times it is even mentioned in strong emphasis on outflanking ly relate what really happened.
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