Second Anglo-Boer War

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Second_Anglo-Boer_War

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:war
gptkbp:affectedArea	gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Second_Boer_War gptkb:South_African_War gptkb:Anglo-Boer_War
gptkbp:casualties	~7,000 (Boers) ~75,000 (British and allies)
gptkbp:cause	British imperial expansion Control of gold and diamond resources Tensions between British and Boer settlers
gptkbp:civilianCasualties	~28,000 (Boer civilians, mostly in concentration camps) ~20,000 (Black Africans, mostly in concentration camps)
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:British_Empire gptkb:Orange_Free_State gptkb:South_African_Republic
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Lord_Roberts gptkb:Louis_Botha gptkb:Paul_Kruger gptkb:Christiaan_de_Wet gptkb:Koos_de_la_Rey gptkb:Lord_Kitchener
gptkbp:endDate	1902-05-31
gptkbp:historicalPeriod	gptkb:Edwardian_era gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:Victorian_era
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Second Anglo-Boer War
gptkbp:legacy	Union of South Africa established in 1910
gptkbp:location	gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:mediaType	gptkb:The_Four_Feathers_(film) gptkb:The_Boer_War_(book_by_Thomas_Pakenham) gptkb:Breaker_Morant_(film)
gptkbp:notableParticipant	gptkb:Mahatma_Gandhi gptkb:Winston_Churchill
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:British_Army gptkb:Canadian_Mounted_Rifles gptkb:Australian_Commonwealth_Horse gptkb:Boer_Commandos gptkb:Indian_Ambulance_Corps gptkb:New_Zealand_Mounted_Rifles
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:First_Anglo-Boer_War
gptkbp:relatedEvent	gptkb:First_Anglo-Boer_War gptkb:Jameson_Raid
gptkbp:result	British victory
gptkbp:significantEvent	gptkb:Siege_of_Ladysmith gptkb:Siege_of_Mafeking gptkb:Siege_of_Kimberley Use of concentration camps Guerrilla phase Scorched earth policy
gptkbp:startDate	1899-10-11
gptkbp:treaty	gptkb:Treaty_of_Vereeniging
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Melrose_House,_Pretoria gptkb:Klein_Zwartwater_Camp gptkb:The_Brunt_of_the_War_and_Where_it_Fell gptkb:Anglo-Boer_Wars gptkb:Magaliesberg gptkb:Honoured_Dead_Memorial gptkb:Magersfontein_Battlefield
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7