1957
Independence of South Africa
The Union takes over the British naval base at Simons Town
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Simons Town in South Africa. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
The Union takes over the British naval base at Simons Town
The Union takes over the British naval base at Simons Town
Provenance
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