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During World War I, many Boers refused to take up arms against the Germans and attempted an uprising with German support.
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Music used:
My original song "Boer March": youtube.com/watch?v=1SqNcI0kxgU
Note:
- The nature of rebel-controlled areas varied, as many towns had armed rebel sympathizers who may have attended rebel meetings in towns, but never outright fought.
Sources:
- André Wessels: Afrikaner (Boer) Rebellion (Union of South Africa), in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War, ed. by Ute Daniel, Peter Gatrell, Oliver Janz, Heather Jones, Jennifer Keene, Alan Kramer, and Bill Nasson, issued by Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin 2015-08-05. DOI: 10.15463/ie1418.10697
- Fouché, L., South Africa. Report on the outbreak of the rebellion and the policy of the government with regard to its suppression. London: H. M. Stationery Off., Darling and Son, Itd., 1915.
- Garcia, Antonio, and Evert Kleynhans. 2020. “Counterinsurgency in South Africa: The Afrikaner Rebellion, 1914–1915.” Small Wars & Insurgencies 32 (1): 53–79. doi:10.1080/09592318.2020.1812877.
- Paterson, Hamish. “First Allied Victory: The South African Campaign in German South-West Africa, 1914-1915.” Military History Journal 13, no. 2 (n.d.). samilitaryhistory.org/vol132hp.html.
During World War I, many Boers refused to take up arms against the Germans and attempted an uprising with German support.
➤ Support this channel with my Patreon!: patreon.com/emperortigerstar
Music used:
My original song "Boer March": youtube.com/watch?v=1SqNcI0kxgU
Note:
- The nature of rebel-controlled areas varied, as many towns had armed rebel sympathizers who may have attended rebel meetings in towns, but never outright fought.
Sources:
- André Wessels: Afrikaner (Boer) Rebellion (Union of South Africa), in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War, ed. by Ute Daniel, Peter Gatrell, Oliver Janz, Heather Jones, Jennifer Keene, Alan Kramer, and Bill Nasson, issued by Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin 2015-08-05. DOI: 10.15463/ie1418.10697
- Fouché, L., South Africa. Report on the outbreak of the rebellion and the policy of the government with regard to its suppression. London: H. M. Stationery Off., Darling and Son, Itd., 1915.
- Garcia, Antonio, and Evert Kleynhans. 2020. “Counterinsurgency in South Africa: The Afrikaner Rebellion, 1914–1915.” Small Wars & Insurgencies 32 (1): 53–79. doi:10.1080/09592318.2020.1812877.
- Paterson, Hamish. “First Allied Victory: The South African Campaign in German South-West Africa, 1914-1915.” Military History Journal 13, no. 2 (n.d.). samilitaryhistory.org/vol132hp.html.
