Why The Boers Lost The War
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Why The Boers Lost The War
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Author : L. Scholtz
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2004-05-04
Why The Boers Lost The War written by L. Scholtz and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-05-04 with History categories.
Why did the British win the Anglo-Boer War? Although there is truth in the simple statement that they were much stronger than the Boers, it does not explain everything. Therefore, the main focus of this book is to analyse the most important strategic and operational decisions made on both sides, and to measure them according to accepted modern military theory. It is shown that both the British and Boer war efforts were very haphazard at the beginning, but that both learnt as the war went on. In the end, the British got the Boers in a vice from which they could not escape.
Boer Wars
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Author : Henry Freeman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-02-28
Boer Wars written by Henry Freeman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-28 with History categories.
As General Patton once said, “The Boers? Those sons of bitches fight for the hell of it." The reputation of the Boer is not entirely unearned. At a time when South Africa was a place inhabited by the toughest of men, only those who lived in the saddle with a gun in their hands could possibly survive. Inside you will read about... ✓ The Creation of the Boer ✓ Growing Tensions ✓ Colley Steps In ✓ The End of the First War ✓ The Jameson Raid ✓ Stage One: The Boer Offensive ✓ Stage Two: The Empire Strikes Back ✓ Stage Three: Scorched Earth ✓ The End of the Boer Who were the Boers, and what was the conflict that would lead them into a fight to the death with England in the First and Second Anglo-Boer wars? Was this a colonial uprising? Or a freedom-fight gone horribly wrong?
The Boer War
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Author : Thomas Pakenham
language : en
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Release Date : 1997
The Boer War written by Thomas Pakenham and has been published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with South African War, 1899-1902 categories.
The Boer War proved to be the longest, costliest, bloodiest and most humiliating war fought by Britain between 1815 and 1914. This reissued narrative history is based on first-hand and largely unpublished (elsewhere) sources, from both British and South African archives, as well as private papers, letters and diaries of the protagonists and soldiers of both sides, and the tape-recorded memories of over 50 survivors. Out of this abundance of information, the author has constructed a vivid narrative, writing movingly of the plight of the 100,000 black Africans who served both armies and explaining the final political victory of the Boers - how they lost the war but won the peace.
The Boer War
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Author : Allen Dulles
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1974
The Boer War written by Allen Dulles and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with History categories.
The Boer War 1899 1902
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Author : Gregory Fremont-Barnes
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-06-06
The Boer War 1899 1902 written by Gregory Fremont-Barnes and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-06 with History categories.
Victorious in its previous campaigns in Africa against native armies, Britain now confronted an altogether different foe. The Boers proved to be formidable opponents, masterfully compensating for inferior numbers with grim determination, resourcefulness and strong religious faith. Their mobility, expert use of cover, and knowledge of the terrain, in which they employed powerful long-range magazine rifles, gave them initial advantages. By contrast the British suffered from inadequate transport, insufficient mounted troops and poor intelligence. Despite marshalling the immense resources of their empire, the British were to be severely tested in a war which one general described as 'the graveyard of many a soldier's reputation'.
Boer War B S Wx12
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Author : Thomas Pakenham
language : en
Publisher: Orbit Books
Release Date : 1995-10-03
Boer War B S Wx12 written by Thomas Pakenham and has been published by Orbit Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-10-03 with categories.
Hero Of The Empire
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Author : Candice Millard
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2016-09-20
Hero Of The Empire written by Candice Millard and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-20 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
'Completely engrossing' Andrew Roberts From The New York Times bestselling author Candice Millard, this is the gripping true story of one dramatic - and emblematic - year in the early life of Winston Churchill At the age of twenty-four, Winston Churchill believed that to achieve his ambition of becoming Prime Minister he must do something spectacular on the battlefield. Although he had put himself in real danger in colonial wars in India and Sudan, and as a journalist covering the Spanish-American War in Cuba, glory and fame had eluded him. Churchill arrived in South Africa in 1899 to write about the brutal colonial war against the Boers. Just two weeks later, he was taken prisoner. Remarkably, he pulled off a daring escape - but then had to traverse hundreds of miles of enemy territory alone. The story of his escape is extraordinary enough, but then Churchill enlisted, returned to South Africa, fought in several battles and ultimately liberated the men with whom he had been imprisoned. Churchill would later remark that this period, 'could I have seen my future, was to lay the foundations of my later life'. Candice Millard tells a magnificent story of bravery, savagery and chance encounters with a cast of historical characters - including Rudyard Kipling, Lord Kitchener and Gandhi - with whom he would later share the world stage, and gives us an unexpected perspective on one of the iconic figures in our history.
The Boer Wars 2
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Author : Ian Knight
language : en
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Release Date : 1997-03-15
The Boer Wars 2 written by Ian Knight and has been published by Osprey Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-03-15 with History categories.
On 11 October 1899 the Second Boer War between the British and the Boers began. The war saw the most powerful professional army in the world pitted against the unconventional tactics of the undisciplined Boers. Although the Boers were finally forced to surrender in May 1902 the war had taken its toll on their opponents who lost some 8,000 troops killed in action with a further 13,000 dying from disease. This book covers the organisation, uniforms and very different tactics involved in the conflict, from guerrilla warfare to a final war of attrition that the Boers could not hope to win.
Stormberg A Lost Opportunity The Anglo Boer War In The North Eastern Cape Colony 1899 1902
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Author : Johannes Meintjes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
Stormberg A Lost Opportunity The Anglo Boer War In The North Eastern Cape Colony 1899 1902 written by Johannes Meintjes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with South African War, 1899-1902 categories.
The Zulu Boer War 1837 1840
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Author : Michał Leśniewski
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2021-04-19
The Zulu Boer War 1837 1840 written by Michał Leśniewski and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-19 with History categories.
This book offers an account of this understudied conflict dating from the early stage of European colonialism in Africa, and unpacks the complex regional relationships between different communities in the first half of 19th century.