The Ossewabrandwag ("Oxwagon Sentinel")(OB) was a nationalist Afrikaner organization in South Africa, founded in Bloemfontein on February 4, 1939. It opposed South African entry into World War II on the British side, and created a paramilitary group called Stormjaers (or storm troopers), modelled on the Nazi SA, which carried out sabotage against Jan Smuts' government. The militaristic stance of the OB was clear from the oath that cadets had to take before they became fully fledged storm troopers: 'If I retreat, kill me. If I die, avenge me. If I advance, follow me.' Jump to: navigation, search Afrikaners are white South Africans of predominantly Calvinist Dutch, German, French Huguenot, Flemish and Friesian and Walloon descent who speak Afrikaans. ... Jump to: navigation, search Coat of arms of Bloemfontein Bloemfontein (Dutch for fountain of flowers) is one of South Africas three capital cities, along with Pretoria and Cape Town. ... Jump to: navigation, search February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb. ... Jump to: navigation, search The seal of SA The Sturmabteilung [▶](audio help) (SA, German for Storm Division and is usually translated as stormtroops or stormtroopers) functioned as a paramilitary organisation of the NSDAP – the German Nazi party. ... Jump to: navigation, search Jan Smuts Jan Christiaan Smuts, OM (May 24, 1870 – September 11, 1950) was a prominent South African statesman and general. ...

Many memebers of the OB were incarcirated during WWII. John Vorster, who would become Prime Minister of South Africa after the death of Hendrik Verwoed, was detained at Koffiefontein for the duration of the war. B. J. Vorster Balthazar Johannes Vorster (December 13, 1915 - September 10, 1983), better known as John Vorster, was Prime Minister of South Africa from 1966 to 1978, and President from 1978 to 1979. ... Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd (8 September 1901 - 6 September 1966) was Prime Minister of South Africa from 1958 to 1966, when he was assassinated. ...

After the war the Ossewabrandwag went underground, but many of its members rose in the ranks of the Apartheid government. A segregated beach in South Africa, 1982. ...