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Kingswood College celebrates the Matric Class of 2020  The Kingswood  College Matric class of 2020 gathered a total of 95 distinctions.  Kingswood Senior School Head Tracy van Molendorff said: “We are incredibly proud of the class of  2020. They have shown true grit, resilience and determination amidst a year of uncertainty, on-line learning  and a pandemic that resulted in a new reality for their matric class. “We commend those who achieved  distinctions and are incredibly pro...

World War II History: How the Soviets Failed at "Operation Gallop" The combination of Soviet ambition and von Manstein’s brilliant handling of the battle culminated in a bloody defeat for the Red Army. The stage was now set for one of von Manstein’s greatest accomplishments—the recapture of Kharkov—which would take place in mid-March. As Adolf Hitler’s vaunted Sixth Army lay in its death throes in the ruins of Stalingrad, German forces to the west of the city faced their own kind of h...