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The military history of South Africa chronicles a vast time period and complex events from the dawn of history until the present time. It covers civil wars and wars of aggression and of self-defence both within South Africa and against it. It includes the history of battles fought in the territories of modern South Africa in neighbouring ...
Maritz Rebellion. (1914–1915) South Africa. South African Republic. Government victory. Rebellion suppressed. Russian Civil War [2] (1918–1920) White Movement.
The Second Boer War ( Afrikaans: Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, lit. 'Second Freedom War', 11 October 1899 – 31 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, 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 ...
v. t. e. During World War II, many South Africans saw military service. The Union of South Africa participated with other British Empire forces in battles in North Africa against Erwin Rommel and his Afrika Korps, and many South African pilots joined the Royal Air Force and fought against the Axis powers in the European theatre . A Sherman tank ...
South African Wars (1879–1915) 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 ...
The conflict ended almost as soon as it began with a decisive Boer victory at Battle of Majuba Hill (27 February 1881). The republic regained its independence as the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek ("South African Republic"), or ZAR. Paul Kruger, one of the leaders of the uprising, became President of the ZAR in 1883.
Anglo-Zulu War (11 January – 4 July 1879) Battle of Isandlwana 22 January 1879. Battle of Rorke's Drift 22–23 January 1879. Battle of Intombe (also Intombi or Intombi River Drift) 12 March 1879. Battle of Hlobane 28 March 1879. Battle of Kambula 29 March 1879. Battle of Gingindlovu (uMgungundlovu) 2 April 1879.
Military history ofSouth Africa. South Africa 's participation in the First World War occurred automatically when the British Government declared war on Germany in August 1914. Due to her status as a Dominion within the British Empire, South Africa, whilst having significant levels of self-autonomy, did not have the legal power to exercise an ...