#tweetfromalternatehistory 1917 #onthisday in #AlternateHistory First Empire Army led by future British Prime Minister, Field Marshall #JanSmuts, captured #Constantinople
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Jan Smuts (1870-1950), South African politician and general

Died #otd Jan Smuts (1870-1950), South African politician and general, 75 years ago today #JanSmuts life story...

Parliament Square, London. Statue of Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts (1870-1950). 1956 by Jacob Epstein. Photo: 03.03.2024. #London #statue #JanSmuts #JacobEpstein

Moederland: Nine Daughters of South Africa review – my ancestors’ role in the horror of apartheid Cato Pedder, great-granddaughter of South African PM and white supremacist Jan Smuts, uses her family’s legacy to unearth stories of women that shaped, and were shaped by, a troubled nation

"Or someone like Isie, wife of #JanSmuts, who was appalled by the thought of white women voting or having seats in parliament, let alone men of colour, or, heaven forbid, women of colour." www.theguardian.com/books/2024/a...