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Also Known As Second War of Independence • Anglo-Boer War • Second Boer War • Boer War
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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Jan Smuts.
Jan Smuts
South African statesman
Robert Cecil, 3rd marquess of Salisbury
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd marquess of Salisbury
prime minister of United Kingdom
Paul Kruger
Paul Kruger
South African statesman
Frank Holl: Joseph Chamberlain
Joseph Chamberlain
British politician and social reformer
Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
British field marshal
Milner, detail of an oil painting by Hugh de Twenebrokes Glazebrook, 1901; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Alfred Milner, Viscount Milner
British diplomat
Louis Botha
Louis Botha
prime minister of Union of South Africa
J.B.M. Hertzog
prime minister of South Africa
Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley
Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley
British field marshal
French, John, 1st earl of Ypres
John French, 1st earl of Ypres
British field marshal
Joubert, Petrus Jacobus
Petrus Jacobus Joubert
South African politician
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
British army officer
Christiaan Rudolf de Wet
Boer statesman
de la Rey, Jacobus Hercules
Jacobus Hercules de la Rey
Boer leader
Roberts, Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl, Viscount St. Pierre
Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
British field marshal
Marthinus Theunis Steyn
president of Orange Free State
Boer Gen. Pieter Arnoldus Cronjé (left) surrendering to British Field Marshal Lord Roberts, 1900, during the South African War (1899–1902).
Pieter Arnoldus Cronjé
Boer general
Beyers
C.F. Beyers
South African politician
Emily Hobhouse
British social worker
Dill
Sir John Greer Dill
British field marshal

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