Cada dia que passi intentaré remarcar un fet important que succeí tal dia com avui d’un altre any… Això sí, serà en anglès, així practiquem, que ja va bé.

11 d’Octubre de 2008

The Second Boer War

Second Boer War Erupts in South Africa (1899)

The Boer Wars were fought between the British Empire and Dutch settlers in South Africa, called Boers. The Second Boer War was sparked by the discovery of gold in the Transvaal, a region annexed to Britain but controlled by anti-British statesman Paul Kruger. Tensions rose as the Boer government began limiting the rights of British settlers moving into the region. It has been argued that what method of control now commonly associated with the Nazis was first employed by the British in this war?