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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.
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. It was fought between the South African Defence Force (SADF ...
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.
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.
The South African Navy Valour-class frigate SAS Spioenkop (F147) is named after the battle. A steep rocky outcrop on the north beach of Arklow, Ireland, is known as Spion Kop. It acquired this name as the land was part of the Kynoch 's armaments and explosives factory, who supplied munitions for the Boer War.
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 ...
The Battle of Isandlwana (alternative spelling: Isandhlwana) on 22 January 1879 was the first major encounter in the Anglo-Zulu War between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. Eleven days after the British invaded Zululand in Southern Africa, a Zulu force of some 20,000 warriors attacked a portion of the British main column consisting of ...
South Africa had governed South West Africa under an expired League of Nations mandate since annexing the territory from the German Empire during World War I. [35] In 1966, the South West African Liberation Army (later known as the People's Liberation Army of Namibia ) launched an armed struggle to free the territory from South African rule. [ 36 ]