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 Christiaan Smuts

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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!

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About Jan Christiaan Smuts

Jan Christiaan Smuts (24 May 1870 – 11 September 1950) was a South African statesman, general, and intellectual. Amongst the offices that he held, he was Prime Minister of South Africa and Field Marshal in the British Army.

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Birth Name: Jan Christian Smuts
Alternative Names: Smuts J. C. Smuts Jan Smuts
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