South Africa · Politics / National Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Opposition to South African participation in World War II is used by the Purified National Party to stir up anti-British imperialist feelings amongst Afrikaners & reunification of the Purified Nationalists with the National Party. Formation of the Herenigde Nasionale Party (Reunited National Party), which went on to defeat Smuts United Party in 1948
Helps establish the Reunited National Party after the wartime split.
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