Boer War - either of two wars: the first when the Boers fought England in order to regain the independence they had given up to obtain British help against the Zulus (1880-1881); the second when the Orange Free State and Transvaal declared war on Britain (1899-1902) Africa - the secon...
South Africa in World War II: A Pictorial HistoryGorman, LynAfrican Book Publishing Record
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The British Empire eventually conquered the Republic of South Africa (also known as Transvaal) and the Orange Free State in 1902. The South African War was an experiment of new weapons such as Cartridge Rifle, Smokeless Powder, Quick Firing Gun and Maxim Gun, which were equipped by the ...
South Africa required infantry, artillery and engineer unitsThe war in Asia MinorUnion Defence Forcedefence policy of the EmpireThe need for a South African expeditionary force was again experienced only twoyears after the end of the First World War. The border conflicts and minor warswhich ...
War Initial Boer success Boer siege of LadysmithThe Boer siege of Ladysmith (now uMnambithi), 1900, during the South African War (1899–1902). The course of the war can be divided into three periods. During the first phase, the British in Southern Africa were unprepared and militarily weak...
Sir Sidney Godolphin Alexander Shippard was a British colonial official in South Africa who served as administrator in the Bechuanaland Protectorate (now Botswana) from 1885 to 1895 and was closely associated with the empire builder Cecil Rhodes. The sci
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The 1940s constituted a critical moment in South Africa's modern history. There was the political crisis at the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939, the fall of J.B.M. Hertzog's government, and Jan Smuts's successful formation of a new United Party government to take the...