Second Boer War concentration camps | |
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Part of Second Boer War | |
Date | 1899-1902 |
Attack type | Internment |
Deaths | Over 47,900 deaths: |
Victims | 154,000 interned in British concentration camps |
Perpetrators | British Empire, particularly Herbert Kitchener |
During the Second Anglo-Boer War which lasted from 1899–1902, the British operated concentration camps in the South Africa Republic, Orange Free State, Natal and the Cape Colony. In February of 1900, Herbert Kitchener took command of the British forces and implemented some of the controversial tactics that led to a British victory.[3]
As the Boers used a 'guerrilla warfare' strategy, they lived off the land and used their farms as a source of food making their farms a key item in their many successes at the beginning of the war. When Kitchener realized that a traditional warfare style would not work against the Boers, he began initiating plans that would later cause much controversy in the British public.[4][5]
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