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Great Anglo-Boer War, Part II, 1900-1902:Guerrillas in the Cape & the British response to the Bitter-Enders Insurgency
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Great Anglo-Boer War, Part II, 1900-1902:Guerrillas in the Cape & the British response to the Bitter-Enders Insurgency

Part I, Great Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1900 As Field Marshall Frederick Roberts looked for a decisive conclusion to hostilities …

Great Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, Part I: Triumph of the Boer and his Mauser Rifle 1895-1900
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Great Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902, Part I: Triumph of the Boer and his Mauser Rifle 1895-1900

Part II, Great Anglo-Boer War, 1900-1902 The Second Anglo-Boer War, or Second Boer War of 1899-1902, brought the British Emp…

The Man Who Would King (1975): The story behind the film & the conflicts behind the establishment of the British Empire, 1830-1901
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The Man Who Would King (1975): The story behind the film & the conflicts behind the establishment of the British Empire, 1830-1901

The film The Man Who Would be King is director John Huston’s interpretation of British Imperial policy and the idealized ex…