THE RED TABS IBD

Sinopse

During WW2áa quarter of a million South Africans joined the Allied cause, to fightáagainst the armies ofáMussolini and Hitler.áPieces of red coloured material known as the ',Red Tabs', andáworn on the epaulettes ofátheir uniforms, denoted that each one was a volunteer. They pushed the Italian forces out of East Africa and then faced Hitler',s Afrika Korps ináthe Western Desert. During aálittle known battle, at a stretch of desert called Acroma Keep, South African troops held their ground against overwhelming odds. Amidst theáaction a truce was held between the Germans and the South Africans. It lastedálong enough to gather the wounded and the dead. Thereafter,áthe fightingárecommenced.áAcroma Keepábecame the last defensive position to fall, before Rommel',s forces attacked Tobruk. Ultimately at Tobruk the German armyátook 33,000 prisoners.áThis book describes many of the battles using personal anecdotes from veteran South Africanásoldiers and is illustrated withádozens of previously unpublished photographs andáseveral informative maps. Presented in a systematic and simplistic format the book would make a vauable asset for the student of the Desert War.