Jan Christian Smuts Biography and Timeline — Page 3

Massacre

The police kill 183 unarmed peasants

Role range: 1919-1924

South West Africa Mandate

South Africa administers South West Africa under League mandate.

Role range: 1919-1924

Election

Smuts is defeated by the National Party

Role range: 1919-1924

Holism and Evolution

Publication of "Holism and Evolution"

Deputy Prime Minister

Appointed Deputy Prime Minister

Role range: 1933-1939

Minister of Justice

Appointed Minister of Justice

Role range: 1933-1939

Fusion Government Organisation

Becomes deputy leader within the new fusion organization.

United Party Formation

Helps establish the United Party with Hertzog.

United Party

Formed by a merger of most of Prime Minister Barry Hertzogs National Party with the rival South Africa Party of Jan Smuts, plus the remnants of the Unionist Party

Prime Minister of South Africa

Appointed Prime Minister of South Africa, 2nd term

Role range: 1939-1943

Break in Diplomatic Relations with Germany

South Africa severs relations with Germany

Role range: 1939-1943

Prime Minister Appointment

Becomes prime minister after Parliament rejects Hertzog's neutrality policy.

Role range: 1939-1948

Smuts Government Formed

Forms a government committed to participation in the war.

Role range: 1939-1948

Pro-War Faction Prevails

Leads supporters committed to entering the war against Germany.

United Party Leadership

Takes control of the United Party after Hertzog's resignation.

Imperial War Cabinet

Appointed Member of Imperial War Cabinet as the most senior South African in favour of war

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1939-1943

Break in Diplomatic Relations with Germany

South Africa severs relations with Germany

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1939-1943

South Africa Enters War

Forms a government committed to war against Germany.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1939-1948

War Policy Implemented

Directs South Africa's entry into the Second World War.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1939-1948

Party Leader

Jan Smuts succeeds Hertzog and led the party and the country throughout World War II and the immediate post-war years

Economy of South Africa

The Industrial Development Corporartion is founded

Role range: 1939-1943

IDC

The Industrial Development Corporartion is founded

Role range: 1939-1943

Field Marshal

Appointed Field Marshal of the British Army, the 1st South African to hold that rank

Field Marshal

Appointed Field Marshal of the British Army, the 1st South African to hold that rank

Role range: 1939-1945

Strike

War Measure 145 is introduced to prohibit strikes by Africans

Role range: 1939-1943

Election

Wins the election with 110 seats, a triumph for the United Party & pro-war coalition

Role range: 1943-1948

Legislation

Asiatic Trading & Occupation of Land Restriction Act

Role range: 1943-1948

Prime Minister of South Africa

Appointed Prime Minister of South Africa, 3rd term

Role range: 1943-1948

Operation Overlord

Montgomerry presents the Overlord plan to Commanders, the King, Smuts & Churchill

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1943-1948

Demonstrations

20,000 protest against the Pass Laws

Role range: 1943-1948

Conference of San Francisco

Entrusted with the task of drawing up the Preamble to the United Nations Charter

Role range: 1943-1948

Conference of San Francisco

Entrusted with the task of drawing up the Preamble to the United Nations Charter

Role range: 1943-1948

United Nations

Entrusted with the task of drawing up the Preamble to the United Nations Charter

Role range: 1943-1948

Reform of Racial Laws

Judge Fagan is appointed a Commission Chairman to consider reforming the Pass Laws

Role range: 1943-1948

Refuses to place South West Africa under United Nations trusteeship

Refuses to place South West Africa under United Nations trusteeship

Role range: 1943-1948

Visited by the British Royal family

Visited by the British Royal family

Role range: 1943-1948

Election

Smuts and the United Party lost the 1948 election to the National Party. It was never to hold power again

United Party

Smuts and the United Party lost the 1948 election to the National Party. It was never to hold power again

Resignation of Jan Christian Smuts

Announces intention to resign from the party leadership

Death of Jan Christian Smuts

Death of Jan Smuts, on his family farm of Doornkloof, Irene, near Pretoria, South Africa at the age of 80