While no large scale battles or major military operations took place in or around Eswatini, the colony did supply the Allies with troops during the war.
[1] Domestically, World War II led directly to the Swazi government's implementation of new administrative subdivisions in Eswatini called tinkhundla.
Those Swazi soldiers who served in the war and had spent time in modern African port cities like Tripoli and Durban relayed their wartime experiences to King Sobhuza II and recommended to their monarch that he establish several community centers across the kingdom.
These community centers, called inkhundla, eventually developed into the tinkhundla system found in Eswatini today.
A memorial to Swazi soldiers who served in World War II was constructed near the mission of Bethany, located just outside of the town of Matsapha.