The Anglo-Boer War
by Desmond Latham
June 14, 2020 6:07 pm
The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 saw the British Empire at the height of its power facing a small band of highly mobile Boers in South Africa. The war introduced the world to the concentration camp and is regarded as the first war of the modern era where magazine rifles, trenches and machine guns were deployed extensively. British losses topped 28 000 in a conflict that was supposed to take a few weeks but lasted three years.
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Episode 143 - Characters of the war an omnibus final edition with a great deal of Smuts
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4 years agoEpisode 141 - Peace!
4 years agoEpisode 140 - General Cronje demands a St Helena mounted guard & Peace Talks back on in Pretoria
4 years agoEpisode 139 - Emotions run high in Vereeniging as the Boers discuss English Peace terms
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