Torch Commando

Torch Commando
Bayanai
Farawa	1951
Ƙasa	Afirka ta kudu

Torch Commando wata ƙungiya ce ta yaƙi da nuna wariyar launin fata ta Afirka ta Kudu, wacce aka kafa ta daga aikin Springbok Legion, ƙungiyar Afirka ta Kudu na tsoffin sojojin yakin duniya na biyu,^[1] da aka kafa a cikin shekarar 1941 lokacin yakin duniya na biyu, da Kwamitin Ayyukan Tsofaffin Sojoji da aka kafa tare da sa hannun Springbok Legionnaires don yin kira ga babban ma'aikaci.

Harry Oppenheimer ne ya rubuta shi, ta hanyar asusun amintattu.^[2]

Tun farko mambobi ne na Bataliya ta 9 na Recce Battalion na African Tank Corps, da Kwamitin Sha'awar Sojoji da mambobin Brigade na Afirka ta Kudu na farko suka kafa a Addis Ababa, da kuma Ƙungiyar Sojoji da aka kafa ta brigade ɗaya a Masar.

An bayyana maƙasudai da manufofin ƙungiyar Springbok a cikin 'Manifesto Sojoji'. Ƙungiyar Springbok a buɗe take ga duk ma'aikatan sabis ba tare da la'akari da ƙabila ko jinsi ba kuma ta kasance mai adawa da farkisanci da mulkin nuna wariyar launin fata. Daga cikin manyan mambobinta akwai masu hidima irin su Joe Slovo, Lionel Bernstein, Wolfie Kodesh, Jack Hodgson da Fred Carneson waɗanda daga baya suka shiga jam'iyyar National Congress ta Afirka da reshenta na soja Umkhonto we Sizwe ƙarƙashin jagorancin Nelson Mandela. Wasu irin su Harry Schwarz, wanda daga baya fitaccen shugaban siyasa na adawa da nuna wariyar launin fata, lauya kuma jakadan Amurka a lokacin gwamnatin farko ta haɗin kan ƙasa na ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa ƙungiyar. Wani memba shi ne Janar Kenneth van der Spuy, ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa rundunar sojojin saman Afirka ta Kudu da suka yi yakin duniya na ɗaya da yakin duniya na biyu kuma Rasha ta kama tare da ɗaure su a Kremlin bayan sun yi yaƙi tare da fararen fata na Rasha a kan 'yan gurguzu kuma aka tsaresu har zuwa shekara ta 1920.

An kafa Torch Commando ne a shekara ta 1951 a lokacin rikicin kundin tsarin mulkin ƙasar mai launin launi, don nuna adawa da shirin gwamnatin Afirka ta Kudu na cire Coloreds daga cikin jerin masu kaɗa kuri'a a lardin Cape. A lokacin da lambobin Springbok Legion ke raguwa, dabarun Torch Commando ya ba da sabon hayar rayuwa ga manufofi da manufofin rundunar Springbok, wanda wasu ke ganin cewa sun yi ɓarna sosai, kuma sun ba da gida ga fararen fata a cikin wasu nau'ikan sassaucin ra'ayi ciki har da masu sassaucin ra'ayi a cikin Jam'iyyar United, waɗanda suka gano tare da baƙar fata.

Mayaƙin RAF na lokacin yaƙi Kyaftin Adolph <i id="mwNw">Sailor</i> Malan ya zama shugaban 'Torch Commando'. Babban ayyukan kwamandojin dai shi ne tattakin tocila, inda suka ɗauki sunansu. Zanga-zangar mafi girma ta jawo masu zanga-zangar 75,000.

Torch Commando ya wanzu fiye da shekaru biyar, kuma a tsawonta tana da'awar cewa tana da mambobi 250,000. Gwamnati dai ta firgita da yawan alkalai da ma'aikatan gwamnati da sojoji da suka shiga ƙungiyar, inda aka kafa wata sabuwar doka da ta haramtawa duk wani mai aikin gwamnati ko soja shiga. Daga baya Jam'iyyar National Party ta yi duk abin da ya dace don kawar da tunawa da Rundunar Springbok Legion, Torch Commando da maza irin su 'Sailor' Malan, wanda ya yi kira ga matasan Afrikaner farar fata.

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