I knew an old guy who said during WW2 he joined the army and went to Africa. What was he doing there? (I didn’t know him very well and he’s probably dead now so I can’t ask him directly). Was there any war related stuff going on in Africa?

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    3 days ago

    Cape of Good Hope (Capetown)? That’s obviously there, but that’s the item I remember form school in regards to global sail routes

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      That’s it. And now I see that the southern tip of south america is cape horn. So we have cape horn, cape of good hope, and the horn of africa… couldn’t they be just a little bit more original on the horns…