Did Afrikaner anger over South Africa’s participation in World War Two on the side of the Alies lead to the election victory of Malan and the National Party in 1948 with his Apartheid radicalisation of racism?

Did Afrikaner anger over South Africa’s participation in World War Two on the side of the Alies lead to the election victory of Malan and the National Party in 1948 with his Apartheid radicalisation of racism?
Ik know that many white Afrikaners were anti British and opposed South Africa’s participation in World War Two, but the Smits coalition won the elections of 1943. However in 194 the National Party that opposed fighting against the Nazi’s won. Was Artheid an idea formed during World War Two?

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