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What role did South Africa play in WWII? Quartz 5/15/2021 Evert Kleynhans © Provided by Quartz The sunsets over Vryburg, a large farming town which once hosted the premier German intelligence organization in wartime South Africa. The story of the intelligence war in South Africa during the World War II is one of suspense, drama, and dogged persistence. South Africa officially joined the war on Sept. 6, 1939 by siding with Britain and the Allies and declaring war on Nazi Germany. South African historians have largely overlooked the intelligence war, partly because of the apparent paucity of reference sources on it. This lack of attention prompted me to investigate the matter further. The result was my book

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