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Maritz Rebellion. (1914–1915) South Africa. South African Republic. Government victory. Rebellion suppressed. Russian Civil War [ 2] (1918–1920) White Movement.
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.
Battle of Spion Kop (Slag van Spioenkop) 23–24 January 1900. Battle of Vaal Krantz (Slag by Vaalkrans) 5–7 February 1900. Battle of the Tugela Heights (or Thukela, Afrikaans: Slag van Pietershoogte) 14–27 February 1900. Battle of Paardeberg (Slag van Paardeberg/Perdeberg) 18–27 February 1900. Bloody Sunday (1900) 18 February 1900.
On the eve of World War II, the Union of South Africa found itself in a unique political and military quandary. While it was closely allied with the United Kingdom, being a co-equal Dominion under the 1931 Statute of Westminster with its head of state being the British king, the South African Prime Minister and head of government on 1 September 1939 was J.B.M. Hertzog – the leader of the pro ...
3,000+ killed. The Battle of Blood River [1] (16 December 1838) was fought on the bank of the Ncome River, in what is today KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa between 464 Voortrekkers ("Pioneers"), led by Andries Pretorius, and an estimated 25,000 to 30,000 [2] Zulu. Estimations of casualties amounted to over 3,000 of King Dingane 's soldiers dead ...
The South African Wars, including but also known as the Confederation Wars, were a series of wars that occurred in the southernportion of the Africancontinent between 1879 and 1915. Ethnic, political, and social tensions between Europeancolonial powersand indigenous Africans led to increasing hostilities, culminating in a series of wars and ...
The Battle of Ongulumbashe (also known as Operation Blouwildebees) was an armed confrontation between the South African Defence Force (SADF)/ South African Police (SAP) and the South West African People's Organization (SWAPO) at Ongulumbashe in northern South West Africa (today Namibia). Though SWAPO had already carried out several attacks in ...
t. e. uMkhonto weSizwe ( Xhosa pronunciation: [um̩ˈkʰonto we ˈsizwe]; abbreviated MK; English: Spear of the Nation) was the paramilitary wing of the African National Congress (ANC), founded by Nelson Mandela in the wake of the Sharpeville massacre. Its mission was to fight against the South African government.