Sunday, February 4, 2007

Excellent Anglo Boer War Sites

Anglo Boer War Museum
http://www.anglo-boer.co.za/
Contains a very useful chronology as well as much detail on such Boer leaders as
Paul Kruger, Louis Botha, Christiaan de Wet and MT Steyn. A special section is given over to the development of Concentation Camps (a term that was coined during the war).

The Boer War (1899-1902)
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/8141/boerwar.html
Has maps showing the refliefs of Mafeking, Ladysmith and Kimberley.
Also special personalities such as Gandhi, Churchill, Baden-Powell (founder of the boy scouts), Conan-Doyle (Sherlock Holmes' creator), Mary Kingsley (the explorer), are looked at.
Also present are poems by Robert Service, Rupert Brooke, Thomas Hardy and Harry Harbord 'Breaker' Morant.

http://www.canadianencyclopedia.ca/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=M1ARTM0012043
A quick read on Canadian involvement in the Boer War.

and

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/513944.stm
A BBC intro site into the war. Useful summary.

For a timeline of the war go to
http://www.timelines.info/history
Type in: Boer War Timeline

1 comment:

Parag said...

The Anglo boer war museum in Bloemfontein does not only give the visitor insight into the Boer War through it`s unique art collection, dioramas and exhibits but also brings the visitor closer to understanding the background against which the war took place.