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The 2nd Boer War saw the British Empire bring to bear the entire imperial might to put to rest a dispute with the Boer Republics in South Africa. With scorched earth tactics and the use of concentration camps, the Boer War was a glimpse of what was to come in 20th century warfare. » SUPPORT THE CHANNEL Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realtimehistory Nebula: https://nebula.tv/realtimehistory » THANKS TO OUR CO-PRODUCERS John Ozment, Stephen Parker, Mavrides, Kristina Colburn, Stefan Jackowski, Cardboard, William Kincade, William Wallace, Daniel L Garza, Chris Daley, Malcolm Swan, Christoph Wolf, Simen Røste, Jim F Barlow, Taylor Allen, Adam Smith, James Giliberto, Albert B. Knapp MD, Tobias Wildenblanck, Richard L Benkin, Marco Kuhnert, Matt Barnes, Ramon Rijkhoek, Jan, Scott Deederly, gsporie, Kekoa, Bruce G. Hearns, Hans Broberg, Fogeltje » SOURCES • Leo Amery (ed.) The Times History of the War in South Africa, 7 Volumes, (London, William Clowes, 1902-1909) • A British Officer, An Absent Minded War (London, Milne, 1900) • Thomas Pakenham, The Boer War (London, Abacus, 1979) • John Gooch (ed.) The Boer War: Direction, Image and Experience (London, Frank Cass, 1999) • Fransjohan Pretorius, Life on Commando (Cape Town, Human & Rousseau, 2000) • Fransjohan Pretorius, The Historical Dictionary of the Anglo-Boer War (Lanham, Scarecrow Press, 2010) • Peter Trew, The Boer War Generals (Johannesburg, Jonathan Ball, 1999) • S.B. Spies, Methods of Barbarism? Roberts and Kitchener and Civilians in the Boer Republics (Cape Town, Human & Rousseau, 1977) • Emily Hobhouse, The Brunt of War and Where it Fell (London, Methuen & Co., 1902) • Deneys Reitz, Commando (London, Faber & Faber, 1905) • Peter Warwick (ed.) The South African War (Harlow, Longman, 1980) • Spencer Jones, From Boer War to World War: Tactical Reform of the British Army 1902 – 1914 (Norman, University of Oklahoma Press, 2012) • Spencer Jones, 'Shooting Power: A Study of the Effectiveness of Boer and British Rifle Fire, 1899-1914' in the British Journal for Military History, Vol.1, Issue 1, 2014. • Bill Nasson, The South African War 1899 – 1902 (London, Arnold, 1999) • Stephen Miller, Volunteers on the Veld: Britain’s Citizen Soldiers and the South African War 1899-1902 (Norman, University of Oklahoma, 2007) • Fred R. van Hartesveldt, The Boer War: Historiography and Annotated Bibliography (London, Greenwood, 2000) • Peter Dennis and Jeffrey Grey (ed.), The Boer War: Army, Nation and Empire (Canberra, Army History Unit, 2000) • John Stirling, Our Regiments in South Africa (London, W. Blackwood, 1903) • Winston S. Churchill, London to Ladysmith via Pretoria (London, Longmans, Green & Co, 1900) • Ian Hamilton and Victor Sampson, Anti-Commando (London, Faber & Faber, 1931) • Andre Wessels (ed.) Lord Roberts and the War in South Africa 1899 – 1902 (London, Army Records Society, 2000) • Andre Wessels (ed.) Lord Kitchener and the War in South Africa 1899 – 1902 (London, Army Records Society, 2006) • Roy Jenkins, Churchill. A Biography, (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2001) » OUR SISTER CHANNEL https://youtube.com/realtimehistory »CREDITS Presented by: Jesse Alexander Written by: Spencer Jones, Jesse Alexander Director: Toni Steller & Florian Wittig Director of Photography: Toni Steller Sound: Toni Steller Editing: Jose Gamez Motion Design: Toni Steller Mixing, Mastering & Sound Design: http://above-zero.com Research by: Spencer Jones Fact checking: Florian Wittig Channel Design: Yves Thimian Contains licensed material by getty images and AP Archive Maps: MapTiler/OpenStreetMap Contributors & GEOlayers3 All rights reserved - Real Time History GmbH 2023