“Some of you will not come back. Some of you will come back maimed. Those of you who do come back will come back changed men. That is war!”

—  Jan Smuts

When seeing off young South Africans in World War II, as cited in Antony Lentin, 2010, Jan Smuts – Man of courage and vision, p. 138. ISBN 978-1-86842-390-3

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military leader, politician and statesman from South Africa 1870–1950

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