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ArticleFirst Anglo Boer War
… Causes of the War The First Anglo-Boer is also known as the First Transvaal War of Independence … Orange Free State. There were several causes of the First…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 1: World War II (1939 - 1945)
World War II (1939 to 1945) was the most devastating war in history, accounting for between 50 million to 80 million deaths. What made the war significant was…
ArticleSecond Anglo-Boer War - 1899 - 1902
… 'South African War ( a.k.a. the Anglo-Boer War) remains the most terrible and destructive modern … Causes A number of interrelated factors led to the Second…
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Black Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War 2, 1900-1902
… While the two main forces in the Anglo-Boer War 2 were White, it was not an exclusively White war. … by the British, especially as scouts to track down Boer…
ArticleHuman rights issues during and after World War II
ArticleBlack Concentration Camps during the Second Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
… While the two main forces in the Anglo-Boer War 2 were White, it was not an exclusively White war. … by the British, especially as scouts to track down Boer…
PlaceAnglo Boer War Museum, Bloemfontein
… . Although the protagonists were Britain and the two Boer Republics, the population of South Africa as a whole … does not only give the visitor insight into…
EventThe Anglo Boer War
… sends 30 000 additional troops to South Africa in the Anglo-Boer War (now called the South African War). Initially, the … The Anglo Boer War …
ArticleWomen in the schizophrenic 1940s - World War II and its aftermath
The 1940s opened with the devastating Second World War in full swing. This decade also marked the gradual transition from a mining and agricultural economy …
ArticleWomen and Children in White Concentration Camps during the Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902
… Concentration Camps is dealt with in another chronology. Boer women, children and men unfit for service were herded … in concentration camps by the British…
BiographyGordon Sprigg
… Ministry’. He presided over the period of the First Anglo-Boer War (1880-81) , as well as during the period of frontier … Ministry (1900-1904) Schreiner was…
EventGermany invades Poland, starting World War II
Three years of mounting international tension - encompassing the Spanish Civil War, the Anschluss (union) of Germany and Austria, Hitler's occupation of the…
Human rights issues during and after World War II with focus on Nazi Germany
EventSA joins World War II
After the invasion of Poland by Germany in September 1939, SA Prime Minister Gen. J.B. Hertzog tried to pass a resolution in parliament, proclaiming South…
EventEfforts to End the Anglo Boer War fail
… meets with General Louis Botha in an effort to end the Anglo-Boer War, but Botha finds the British conditions … Roll of Honour, The Boer war , from Roll of…
ArticlePedi & Anglo-Pedi Wars 1876-1879
… themselves by sending young warriors to steal through the Boer lines at night. On the twenty-fourth day, the Boers … (place of refuge) mission place. It was…
EventWinston Churchill, is captured by Boer forces during the Anglo-Boer War
… Post, in which he was to cover the occurrences of the Anglo-Boer War in South Africa. Soon after his arrival in South … Winston Churchill, is captured by…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The Battle of Silkaatsnek begins
… 1900 marked the beginning of this type of war with four Boer actions, of which the action of Silkaatsnek was but one … of three successes, with resultant…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2 - Kitchener proposes establishment of concentration camps
… of British forces in 1900 helped turn the tide in the Anglo-Boer War. In the early stages of the war, the Boer Commandos … in territories held by the British…
EventThe Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence) begins
… a period of passive resistance and repeated attempts by Boer leaders to have the annexation of the Transvaal revoked. … and ended passive resistance. The war…
EventDundee and Glencoe are retaken by General Sir Redvers Buller troops during the South African War II
… Buller troops as the South African War II 1899-1902 (Anglo-Boer War II 1899-1902) intensified. The area west of Glencoe … Gillings, K. ‘After the Siege: The…
Event30 000 Blacks fight for Britain in Anglo-Boer War
… that stage employed in the British army during the Second Anglo Boer War. Although theoretically both the Boer and the British sides were opposed to using…
EventThe SA 6th Division enters Florence in World War II
At the outbreak of World War II in 1939, the South African government was divided on the issue of participation. However, the vote to fight on the side of the…
EventAnglo-Boer War 2: The siege of Okiep, in Namaqualand, starts
… In the final stages of the South African War (Anglo Boer), the British had whittled down the Boer resistance to such an extent that the only resistance … …
EventArmistice negotiations are concluded during the First Anglo-Boer War
… Paving the way for the end of Anglo-Boer War 1 (Transvaal War of Independence or First Transvaal … Armistice negotiations are concluded during the First…