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