The Boer War

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Boer_War
GPTKB entity
Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:war
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Second_Boer_War
gptkbp:casualties ~75,000
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:British_Empire
gptkb:Orange_Free_State
gptkb:South_African_Republic
gptkbp:endDate 1902-05-31
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Boer War
gptkbp:location gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Lord_Roberts
gptkb:Herbert_Kitchener
gptkb:Louis_Botha
gptkb:Paul_Kruger
gptkbp:partOf British colonial wars
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:First_Boer_War
gptkbp:relatedEvent gptkb:Siege_of_Ladysmith
gptkb:Siege_of_Mafeking
gptkb:Siege_of_Kimberley
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:British_Empire
gptkb:colonialism
gptkb:Afrikaners
imperialism
gptkbp:result British victory
gptkbp:significance introduction of concentration camps by British
led to the formation of the Union of South Africa
use of guerrilla warfare
gptkbp:startDate 1899-10-11
gptkbp:treaty gptkb:Treaty_of_Vereeniging
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Thomas_Pakenham
gptkb:John_Byam_Liston_Shaw
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6