Anglo-Boere Oorlog 1899 tot 1902 - Anglo-Boer War 1899 to 1902 South African History

The War stretched from November 1899 till May 1902 and featured many key incidents and occurrences initially causing the war, prolonging it for 3 years and eventually ending it in 1902.

For English Subtitles of the song, Watch:

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Just some quotes of that period:

One European had the following comment on England's conduct with the concentration camps: "Great Britain cannot win her battles without resorting to the despicable cowardice of the most loathsome cure on earth - the act of striking at a brave man's heart through his wife's honor and his child's life."

An Irishman, Dillon, said: "I can produce and endless succession of confirmations that the conditions in most of the camps are appalling and brutal. To my opinion the fatality rate is nothing less than cold-blooded murder."

A British physician, Dr Henry Becker, writes: "First, they chose an ill-suited site for the camp. Then they supplied so little water that the people could neither wash themselves nor their clothes. Furthermore, they made no provision for sufficient waste removal. And lastly, they did not provide enough toilets for the overpopulation they had crammed into the camps."

Sara Raal states that "there were poisonous sulphate of copper, grounded glass, fishhooks, and razor blades in the rations." The evidence given on this fact is so overwhelming that it must be regarded as a historical fact.

"We fear the hospitals more than death."

The following two reports should give an idea of the inefficiency of the camp hospitals: "Often people suffering from a minor ailment were violently removed from the tents of protesting mothers or family members to be taken to hospital. After a few days they were more often than not carried to the grave."

"Should a child leave the hospital alive, it was simply a miracle."

For more information, here are some links:

http://www.anglo-boer.co.za/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_B...

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[potlood55]

It's complete absurd that in the Netherlands you learn so little about this war in school.

The only things I learned about South-Africa were about apartheid.Shame on those teachers for not telling the whole thruth.

[CaesarProductionsSA]

@potlood55 Thank you!! In our history classes we also do not learn about this war!! We also just hear about Apartheid.. Thanks for the comment :-)



[SterlingUliso]

Baie dankie!

[CaesarProductionsSA]

@SterlingUliso

Plesier :-)

[Shadowbear1955]

The concentration camps were horrific. I never learned about this in school either. We were fed propaganda instead of truth. This war was just because the British decided they wanted the land and the gold. Not for any other reason. Seems the British still just want land and resources, seems nothing has changed in over 100 years.