General Piet Cronje

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Military leader
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Transvaal_Republic
gptkbp:awards Order of the Star of South Africa
gptkbp:birthDate 1836-01-01
gptkbp:burialPlace Burgersdorp Cemetery
gptkbp:celebrates Statues_in_South_Africa
gptkbp:children 5
gptkbp:commanded Boer forces
Battle of Magersfontein
gptkbp:contributedTo Military strategy development
gptkbp:culturalImpact Boer_War_literature
gptkbp:deathDate 1911-01-04
gptkbp:defeated Battle of Paardeberg
gptkbp:depictedIn Films_about_the_Boer_War
gptkbp:education Military_training_in_the_Netherlands
gptkbp:famousQuote "We will fight to the last man."
gptkbp:foughtAgainst gptkb:British_Empire
gptkbp:foughtIn Battle of Colenso
gptkbp:historicalPeriod Late 19th century
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Symbol of Boer resistance
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label General Piet Cronje
gptkbp:influenced South_African_military_tactics.
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Paul_Kruger
gptkbp:influenceOn Later military leaders
gptkbp:inspiredBy Boer nationalism
gptkbp:involvedIn Guerrilla warfare tactics
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Piet_Cronje
Leadership_during_the_Boer_War
gptkbp:ledTo Battle of Spion Kop
gptkbp:legacy Boer War hero
gptkbp:militaryRank gptkb:South_African_Republic_Army
gptkb:Second_Boer_War
gptkbp:nationality South_African
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Lion_of_the_Boer_War
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Siege_of_Kimberley
gptkbp:notableFor Second Anglo-Boer War
gptkbp:participatedIn Peace negotiations after the war
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Cape_Colony
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:postWarCareer Political_involvement_in_South_Africa
gptkbp:rank General
gptkbp:recognizedBy Military historians
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Transvaal_Republic
gptkbp:serviceYears 1860-1911
gptkbp:spouse Maria_Cronje
gptkbp:strategicGoals Defensive tactics in warfare