{"product_id":"the-anglo-boer-war-respectively-the-south-african-war-an-overview-von-claudia-oldiges","title":"The Anglo-Boer War respectively the South African War - an overview","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject History - Africa, grade: 1,3, University of Osnabrück, language: English, abstract: The Boer Wars at the dawn of the century highly influenced not only South\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfrican history, especially in terms of the development of the apartheid system,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebut it additionally changed the possibilities of warfare. These conflicts between\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe British Empire and the two independent Boer republics, the Orange Free State\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand the Transvaal (South African Republic) took place from 1880 to 1881 and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1899 to 1902. Even though formally there have been two wars in a short period of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etime, one usually focuses on the Second Boer War, also known as the South\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfrican War, Anglo-Boereoorlog (Anglo-Boer War), Tweede Vryheidsoorlog\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Second Freedom War) or ¿Tea-Time War¿. This paper will mainly concentrate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eon the South African War, even though background information will be provided.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistorians ought not to ask ¿What if¿?¿, since they have to focus on facts. But\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eignoring this guideline for a moment, fascinating questions arise: ¿What if the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elarge deposits of gold and diamonds in the Transvaal were not found in the 1870s\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand 1880s? Would the British have fought for the rights of the uitlanders\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enevertheless?¿ These are two of the questions which will be dealt with (in 2.1)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhen reasoning the origins \/ causes of the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing, the paper will bring together the facts and some unusual features of the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSouth African War. Its center of attention will be the Guerilla War starting of in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeptember 1900 and lasting till the Treaty of Vereeniging in May 1902, the end of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783640330706\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783640330706","offer_id":39440881385565,"sku":"9783640330706","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/f1023d8f-d046-4e9f-aa28-c6c030f5a527.jpg?v=1777611812","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/the-anglo-boer-war-respectively-the-south-african-war-an-overview-von-claudia-oldiges","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}