Batswana In The Middle East 1945-48 (Part 2) The HCTC

Saturday, May 25, 2019

We left off in December 1945 with the violent suppression of a mutiny amongst Basotho APC troops, resulting in three deaths and a dozen more wounded.

The incident had been sparked by the earlier death of four Basotho in a Zionist Irgun bombing of a Jerusalem Police station.

That none of the Batswana APC companies joined in the action may in part be attributed to their attachment to their chain of command, which was rooted in their traditional regiments or mephato as well as their formal military rankings.

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Batswana In The Middle East 1945-48 (Part 2) The HCTC

We left off in December 1945 with the violent suppression of a mutiny amongst Basotho APC troops, resulting in three deaths and a dozen more wounded.