South African War: Quick Facts
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| Also Known As | Second Boer War • Second War of Independence • Anglo-Boer War • Boer War |
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| Date | October 11, 1899 - May 31, 1902 |
| Location | South Africa |
| Participants | Orange Free State • South African Republic • United Kingdom |
| Context | British Empire • Western colonialism |
Did You Know?
- Britain won the previously Dutch colony in the Napoleonic Wars.
- The Boers originally resented Britain's 1806 takeover due to its implementation of anti-slavery laws and its Anglicizing influence.
- The unearthing of gold and diamonds in South Africa in 1867 fueled the conflict between the British and the Boers.
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Key People
Jan Smuts
South African statesman
Paul Kruger
South African statesman
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd marquess of Salisbury
prime minister of United Kingdom
Joseph Chamberlain
British politician and social reformer
Alfred Milner, Viscount Milner
British diplomat
Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
British field marshal
Louis Botha
prime minister of Union of South Africa
J.B.M. Hertzog
prime minister of South Africa
Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley
British field marshal
John French, 1st earl of Ypres
British field marshal
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
British army officer
Petrus Jacobus Joubert
South African politician
Christiaan Rudolf de Wet
Boer statesman
Jacobus Hercules de la Rey
Boer leader
Marthinus Theunis Steyn
president of Orange Free State
Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
British field marshal
Pieter Arnoldus Cronjé
Boer general
Emily Hobhouse
British social worker
C.F. Beyers
South African politician
Sir John Greer Dill
British field marshal
