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The British Rise to Power In South Africa The people of South Africa will forever mark the ANGLO-BOER WAR of 1899-1902 as one of South Africa's most significant events. Though nick named a "white man's war" research later proved that all of Africa's inhabitants including its black "neutral" occupants were affected both directly and indirectly by the events of the war. On October 11th, 1899, war broke out between the two former republics (the Orange Free State and Transvaal) and Britain. As tensions rose and the war escalated Britain brought reinforcements from Australia, New Zealand, and Canada as well as several volunteers from other British colonies. The war lasted three years, and the casualties for both sides were astronomical. Tensions were on the rise in the preceding years, but what caused the Boers and Britain to come to sudden blows? The following essay will look at the events and causes that led to war, the battles(briefly), the victims, and the events that followed the war. Evidence will show that Britains "capitalist and imperialistic"attitudes set the stage for the unavoidable conflict. And that Britain was not fighting to end oppression, they were in fact jockeying their position to b
As a result the British would import up to a half a million recruits. A new Guerilla Resistance would evolve. Kitchener concluded that for Britain to have a successful campaign in Africa, extreme measures would be necessary. Milner believed that an overwhelming number of British troops(as high as ten thousand men) would alarm Kruger and force him into complete submission. On the evening of the raid Jameson sent a besotted Uitlander trooper to cut the telegraph wires to Pretoria so Kruger would not be able to send reinforcements. Ironically the British waged war under the notion that they working to free themselves from Kruger's oppressive government. In fact their were several reasons why Britain went to war with the Republic of South Africa. Tens of thousands died at the hands of British tyranny. For Britain controlling the gold market would enable them to control South Africa. "The War in South Africa: Its causes and Effects. African farm labourers and their families were taken from their homes and placed into concentration camps and refugee camps. Under the new leader of the British military Lord Horatio Herbert Kitchener, the Afrikaners woul!d be exhausted and devastated by every means available to the British.
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