Originally Posted by rxgremlin
Just out of curiosity why do few people call it the Second Boer War or the Second Anglo Boer War? There were two of them you know. In fact I was talking to a PH and she had no idea there was a first. Any thoughts?




In short the two wars were caused by the tensions between British colonial policy and Boer nationalism:


http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/boer_wars_01.shtml


http://pinetreeweb.com/perspectives.htm

http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v18/v18n3p14_Weber.html


http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/WARboer.htm

Last edited by hillbillybear; 02/18/12.
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