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Slogging Over Africa: The Boer Wars 1815 - 1902

Categorie	Zuid-Afrika
Boeknummer	#355899-XH30
Titel	Slogging Over Africa: The Boer Wars 1815 - 1902
Auteur	Barthorp, Michael
Boektype	Gebonden
Uitgeverij	London : Cassell & Co
Jaar van uitgave	1987
ISBN10	030436293X
ISBN13	9780304362936
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Softcover flexiband, illustrated with numerous b/w photographs, small 4to.
Samenvatting	When the Boer settlers left British ruled Cape Colony to conquer new territories for themselves, few imagined they would find themselves fighting the British for their independence. But the discovery of gold and diamonds in the Transvaal led to a conspiracy to incorporate the Boer republics into the British Empire. No one, at least in London or Cape Town, imagined these 'farmers' could oppose a modern European army. But they did. The Boers savaged a British column at Majuba Hill and an uneasy peace endured for another ten years. Full-scale war broke out again in 1899 with the Boers enjoying considerable international support. The German Kaiser telegraphed his good wishes, poisoning Anglo-German relations. The war was eventually won after a protracted guerrilla campaign, a conflict that saw... (Lees verder) the first use of armoured trains and the first concentration camps.
Pagina's	176
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 10,00

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