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The South African Wars, including but also known as the Confederation Wars, were a series of wars that occurred in the southern portion of the African continent between 1879 and 1915. Ethnic, political, and social tensions between European colonial powers and indigenous Africans led to increasing hostilities, culminating in a series of wars and ...
South Africa. South West Africa; Bondelswarts: Government victory. Rebellion suppressed; 100 dead, 468 wounded (Bondelswarts) World War II (1939–1945) Soviet Union United States United Kingdom China France Poland Yugoslavia Greece Netherlands Belgium Luxembourg Denmark Norway Czechoslovakia Canada Australia New Zealand India South Africa
South Africa contributed to the war effort against Japan, supplying men and manning ships in naval engagements against the Japanese. [19] Of the 334,000 men volunteered for full-time service in the South African Army during the war (including some 211,000 whites, 77,000 blacks and 46,000 "coloureds" and Asians), nearly 9,000 were killed in action.
' Second Freedom War ', 11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, Transvaal War, [8] Anglo–Boer War, or South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer republics (the South African Republic and Orange Free State) over the Empire's influence in Southern Africa.
Also known as the Kaffir Wars or Cape Frontier Wars or Dispossession Wars First war (1779–81) Second war (1789–93) Third war (1799–1803) Fourth War (1811–12) Fifth War (1818–19) Sixth War (1834–36) Seventh War (1846–1847) Eighth War (1850–53) Cattle Killings (1856–58) Ninth War, Ngcayechibi's War or Fengu-Gcaleka War (1877–79)
The South African Border War, also known as the Namibian War of Independence, and sometimes denoted in South Africa as the Angolan Bush War, was a largely asymmetric conflict that occurred in Namibia (then South West Africa), Zambia, and Angola from 26 August 1966 to 21 March 1990.
Wars involving the South African Republic (3 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Wars involving South Africa" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
The First Boer War (Afrikaans: Eerste Vryheidsoorlog, lit. ' First Freedom War '), was fought from 16 December 1880 until 23 March 1881 between the British Empire and Boers of the Transvaal (as the South African Republic was known while under British administration). [2]