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South Africa in 1917

Name: South Africa in 1917 historical records
Creator: World History Database

Historical records for South Africa in 1917, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

7Records

5Events

3Named people

1Places

2Categories

Historical records

August

17 August 1917RAFJan Christian Smuts

Warfare / World War, 1st

Recommends the Royal Flying Corps & Royal Naval Air Service join under an Air Ministry. Reccomends the creation of an RAF capable of a German bombing offensive

Other Events

1917Commander of First ArmyJacob Louis van Deventer

Warfare / Military

Appointed Commander of the First Army

1917Commander of First ArmyJacob Louis van Deventer

Warfare / World War, 1st

Appointed Commander of the First Army

1917Invasion of East AfricaJacob Louis van Deventer

Warfare / World War, 1st

Succesfully commands the Allied campaign in East Africa

1917Third Battle of YpresHenry Lukin

Ypres · Warfare / World War, 1st

South African troops serve in the Ypres campaign.

1917War CabinetJan Christian Smuts

Warfare / Military

Appointed Member of Imperial War Cabinet by Lloyd George

1917War CabinetJan Christian Smuts

Warfare / World War, 1st

Appointed Member of Imperial War Cabinet by Lloyd George

Names involved

Henry LukinJacob Louis van DeventerJan Christian Smuts

Places involved

Ypres

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.