Explore the first and second Boer Wars. Why did these wars shake the British military so badly they affected the tactics employed for World War One?

'Ossewa Brandwag' by SusanvanZyl2010. Emblem of the Ossewa Brandwag that were formed during the Anglo Boer war Afgeneem in die Militere Musuem Johannesburg he Ossewabrandwag is founded as an Afrikaans nationalist organisation in Bloemfont...

No1 Joubert

Coat-of-arms of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek (Transvaal ) 1852-1902

No2 Botha

Cossack volunteer on the side of the Boers

Winston Churchill as a war correspondent for the Morning Post during the Boer War in South Africa, 1899 -

Acted as President of the Transvaal when the territory was annexed in 1877, joined Kruger and Pretorius to take up arms against the British. He led the commando that defeated the British at Laing's Nek, Ingogo and Majuba Hill. Joubert became commandant-general of the Transvaal and managed to crush the Jameson Raid in January 1896. He died soon after besieging Ladysmith, which proved to be disasterous, as opposed to what his younger generals had urged him to do.

Gen Christiaan De Wet. Anglo Boer War

Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd (Amsterdam, 8 September 1901 – Kaapstad, 6 September 1966) was voormalige eerste minister van Suid-Afrika wat in 'n sluipmoord in die parlement in Kaapstad gesterf het. Verwoerd word algemeen as 'n sleutelfiguur in die Apartheidstelsel beskou. Mense sal waarskynlik nog lank verskil oor die waarde van sy werk. In die geskiedenis van die Afrikaners en van Suid-Afrika bly die grondlegger van die 1961-Republiek egter ‘n sleutelfiguur.

The Battle of Magersfontein in The Boer War 1899 Methuen’s disastrous defeat at the hands of Cronje’s Boers, the Highland Brigade suffering severe loss

Paul Kruger afrikana