TY - JOUR AU - Bisset, W.M. PY - 2012/02/14 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - SOUTH AFRICA'S D-DAY VETERANS JF - Scientia Militaria - South African Journal of Military Studies JA - Sci.Mil. VL - 24 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - 10.5787/24-2-272 UR - https://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/272 SP - AB - Although some 657 members of the South African Union Defence Forces served in North West Europe between D-Day on 6 June 1944 and VE-Day on 8 May 1945, it would seem that relatively few of them were present on D-Day. South Africa's main contributions to the war effort were made in Ethiopia, Madagascar, the Western Desert, Italy and on her own home front which included the vital Cape Sea Route. ER -