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A strategiclevel game on the anglo boer war of 18991902. It is also known variously as the boer war, angloboer war, or south african war. One hundred years after the boer war, the british continue to debate what went wrong, while the war has significant nationalist overtones in todays south africa. It is also known variously as the boer war, anglo boer war, or south african war. Lasting from 18991902, the war was fought between the boers farmers of south africa, and the british empire. Best of all, if after reading an ebook, you buy a paper version of boer war, the. British fort guarding bridge built during boer war, free state, south africa old anglo boer war fort in jansenville, south africa. The main worry of many of the officers dispatched from britain to fight in south africa was that the war would be over before they arrived.
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The boer war also known as the anglo boer war or the south african war, and sometimes referred to as the second boer war to distinguish it from a short conflict in 1881 was fought between the forces of the british empire and the combined forces of the transvaal and orange free state, the two independent boer republics. Does the electronic version of the book completely replace the paper version. This book examines changes in interpretations of the war and provides a bibliography of major sources on the boer war, now sometimes called the south african war. Welcome to the anglo boer war site this sites aim is to make available information on the anglo boer war 1899 1902 and other south african conflicts in the period 17791906 and to provide a forum for discussion of the many aspects of these conflicts.
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