{"content":[{"text":"Scientia Militaria, South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 30, Nr 2, 2000. http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za","bbox":{"left":0.091458,"top":0.034641,"width":0.8170569999999999,"height":0.014961999999999996}},{"text":"Ryneveld was appointed as Chief of the General Staff (CGS).5 The expectation of \n economic prosperity urged the new top management, to consider the reorganisation \n and expansion of the UDF. These expectations led to an announcement to Cabinet \n by Oswald Pirow on 16 October 1933 of his intend to re-evaluate the Union's \n security situation and to implement the expected reorganisation resulting from the \n re-evaluation by means of a five-year plan.6 The five-year plan was announced in \n Parliament on 2 May 1934 and with time, became known as \"Oswald Pirow's Five- \n year Plan\". On studying the sources however it is clear that Pierre van Reyneveld \n and not Oswald Pirow was the true driving force behind the plan. Pierre van \n Reyneveld as CGS however was responsible for most of the planing and for drawing \n up the plan. As Minister of Defence Oswald Pirow was the public figure with whom \n the plan was associated, hence the name: \"Oswald Pirow's Five-year Plan\".","bbox":{"left":0.093801,"top":0.076544,"width":0.821412,"height":0.22670099999999999}},{"text":"It is the intention with this paper to analyse the Five-year Plan developed \n under the guidance of Oswald Pirow against the backdrop of the Union Defence \n Policy at the time. In doing this the paper will elaborate on some of the factors that \n influenced the Five-year Plan, secondly on the Plan itself, and thirdly only on the \n implementation of the plan within the SA Army. In this the territorial reorganisation \n will be referred to, the reorganisation of the ACF with specific reference to the \n Infantry Regiments. Restricting the discussion on the implementation of the plan to \n the reorganisation of the SA Army is out of necessity. Similar frustrations as will be \n seen in the implementation of the plan within the Army, was also present in the \n implementation with regard to the air and naval capacities of the UDF.","bbox":{"left":0.094447,"top":0.313496,"width":0.8231600000000001,"height":0.18793400000000005}},{"text":"Union Defence Policy \n The Union Defence Policy as formulated during 1926, and \n unchanged during the period under discussion. It contained a quadripartite","bbox":{"left":0.094447,"top":0.511681,"width":0.7182759999999999,"height":0.06728100000000004}},{"text":"remained \n aim:","bbox":{"left":0.825445,"top":0.541735,"width":0.080237,"height":0.03722700000000012}},{"text":"•","bbox":{"left":0.190189,"top":0.590955,"width":0.007546999999999998,"height":0.019368000000000052}},{"text":"The prevention","bbox":{"left":0.239353,"top":0.590955,"width":0.13686199999999996,"height":0.019368000000000052}},{"text":"and suppression","bbox":{"left":0.394609,"top":0.590955,"width":0.14322400000000002,"height":0.019368000000000052}},{"text":"of internal","bbox":{"left":0.558275,"top":0.590955,"width":0.09239900000000012,"height":0.019368000000000052}},{"text":"unrest.","bbox":{"left":0.666307,"top":0.590955,"width":0.05809200000000003,"height":0.019368000000000052}},{"text":"•","bbox":{"left":0.190836,"top":0.621445,"width":0.007546999999999998,"height":0.019368000000000052}},{"text":"The","bbox":{"left":0.239353,"top":0.621445,"width":0.033531000000000005,"height":0.019368000000000052}},{"text":"military","bbox":{"left":0.284636,"top":0.621445,"width":0.06829099999999999,"height":0.019368000000000052}},{"text":"training","bbox":{"left":0.367439,"top":0.621445,"width":0.06708399999999998,"height":0.019368000000000052}},{"text":"of a part","bbox":{"left":0.45089,"top":0.621445,"width":0.07622600000000002,"height":0.019368000000000052}},{"text":"of the young men","bbox":{"left":0.538868,"top":0.621445,"width":0.1645709999999999,"height":0.019368000000000052}},{"text":"of the","bbox":{"left":0.714178,"top":0.621445,"width":0.052225999999999995,"height":0.019368000000000052}},{"text":"Union.","bbox":{"left":0.776927,"top":0.621445,"width":0.05929899999999999,"height":0.019368000000000052}},{"text":"•","bbox":{"left":0.190836,"top":0.651499,"width":0.007546999999999998,"height":0.019368000000000052}},{"text":"The protection","bbox":{"left":0.239353,"top":0.651499,"width":0.13207499999999997,"height":0.019368000000000052}},{"text":"of the","bbox":{"left":0.38814,"top":0.651499,"width":0.052873,"height":0.019368000000000052}},{"text":"union","bbox":{"left":0.45089,"top":0.651499,"width":0.04912099999999997,"height":0.019368000000000052}},{"text":"against","bbox":{"left":0.512345,"top":0.651499,"width":0.06108899999999995,"height":0.019368000000000052}},{"text":"an external","bbox":{"left":0.588032,"top":0.651499,"width":0.09856699999999996,"height":0.019368000000000052}},{"text":"threat.","bbox":{"left":0.703828,"top":0.651499,"width":0.054490999999999956,"height":0.019368000000000052}},{"text":"• Considering preparations for an expedition force should the Union \n become involved in a European War. \n From this it is clear that the prevention and suppression of internal unrest \n enjoyed a high priority within the Union. Although the policy did not state it as \n such, this aim was interpreted as referring to black risings. This is clear from van","bbox":{"left":0.094447,"top":0.68286,"width":0.8207660000000001,"height":0.10343400000000003}},{"text":"Anon. \"Die \n (1934-1939)\",","bbox":{"left":0.170782,"top":0.831124,"width":0.106962,"height":0.03248799999999996}},{"text":"Unieverdedigingsmag op \n Militaria, 1976, pp 25.","bbox":{"left":0.286574,"top":0.831124,"width":0.21294400000000002,"height":0.032857000000000025}},{"text":"die","bbox":{"left":0.512989,"top":0.831124,"width":0.023056999999999994,"height":0.016947000000000045}},{"text":"Vooraand","bbox":{"left":0.551159,"top":0.831124,"width":0.07439600000000002,"height":0.016947000000000045}},{"text":"van","bbox":{"left":0.646253,"top":0.831124,"width":0.027244999999999964,"height":0.016947000000000045}},{"text":"die","bbox":{"left":0.687008,"top":0.831124,"width":0.023056999999999994,"height":0.016947000000000045}},{"text":"Tweede","bbox":{"left":0.723876,"top":0.831124,"width":0.05971700000000002,"height":0.016947000000000045}},{"text":"Wereldoorlog","bbox":{"left":0.802159,"top":0.831124,"width":0.10479300000000003,"height":0.016947000000000045}},{"text":"SANDFAR, Diverse (Group I), File (Sir P. van Ryneveld - Secret \n Reorganisation 1933; Grg RAP; Visit to London; RAAF Grg), Attached \n letter from the Assistant Private Secretary of Defence to P. van Ryneveld, \n pI.","bbox":{"left":0.170135,"top":0.874681,"width":0.630005,"height":0.06573099999999998}},{"text":"Documents: \n document to \n 3 Sep 1934,","bbox":{"left":0.811235,"top":0.874681,"width":0.10524499999999992,"height":0.049614999999999965}},{"text":"222","bbox":{"left":0.487763,"top":0.973822,"width":0.03234500000000001,"height":0.019368000000000052}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}