I'm glad the Concentration camps were not left out ( as usual ) in this history. It played a major role in the Boeren surrendering.

So the British signed a peace treaty but invaded because of gold ....

I go to a British school and the teachers always leave out the fact that boers were put in concentration camps

Age of mythology music brings back sooo many memories

White South Africans will always divide themselves between English and Afrikaans because of this.

Me: *DON'T SAY IT, PLEASE DON'T SAY IT!!* Them: "Bore" ... Me: *Deep sigh*

My geat-grandfather, Koot Swanepoel was interred in Aliwal-North concentration camp from the age of 10 to the age of 13, his younger brother was 7 years old when they went in and 10 when they were released. The fact that the descendants of these people are still alive can only be summarized as follows: "Take a community of Dutchmen of the type of those who defended themselves for fifty years against all the power of Spain at a time when Spain was the greatest power in the world. Intermix with them a strain of those inflexible French Huguenots who gave up home and fortune and left their country for ever at the time of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The product must obviously be one of the most rugged, virile, unconquerable races ever seen upon earth. Take this formidable people and train them for seven generations in constant warfare against savage men and ferocious beasts, in circumstances under which no weakling could survive, place them so that they acquire exceptional skill with weapons and in horsemanship, give them a country which is eminently suited to the tactics of the huntsman, the marksman, and the rider. Then, finally, put a finer temper upon their military qualities by a dour fatalistic Old Testament religion and an ardent and consuming patriotism. Combine all these qualities and all these impulses in one individual, and you have the modern Boer-the most formidable antagonist who ever crossed the path of Imperial Britain. Our military history has largely consisted in our conflicts with France, but Napoleon and all his veterans have never treated us so roughly as these hard-bitten farmers with their ancient theology and their inconveniently modern rifles.” - Arthur Conan Doyle

My great grandfather was in the Boer War, he was Irish but joined the Canadian regiment and worked with horses (his family bred Irish horses). He wrote that the Boers were some of the greatest people he had ever met.

I love reading about history, but sometimes it’s nice to listen to someone explain it to you. Love this channel!

Afrikaaner here, thanks for this video. Was fun watching it!

Good history lesson. The English pronunciations of the Afrikaans/Dutch words just always feel hard on my ears.

After watching a couple of videos on the Boers War, this is by far the clearest. Very well done.

my great great grandmother escaped a British concentration camp pregnant with my great grand mother on hoerseback in the dead of night. true family history

Much more complicated than I expected. Thanks for the info.

Hey everyone, thanks for watching! Next video...... wait for it... THE MONGOLS

Just want to say that this is a really good channel. You guys deserve more subscribers.

Artillery only you say? Hmmmm...... 🤔

God I love history in the 1800s through early 1900.. especially Napoleanic times. I feel that the events of and after Napoleon basically set the stage for the start of WW1 which then lead to WW2 having a huge impact of geopolitics as we know them today. But these can't be learned without understanding the age of discovery and the Imperial colonization by all the great powers of that time. It's rather amazing to me that the fact a group of Dutch farmers settling in South Africa over 300 years ago still has an effect on local and geopolitics in that area today

The music @5:00 suddenly threw me back to 2002... sitting on my old PC playing AOM without a care in the world. Thanks for that.

Ek is n boer

Also interesting to note Winston Churchill was a prisoner of war in Pretoria where he eventually escaped from the Boers by swimming across the Bobbejaans River.

Proud to be an Afrikaner. Also love the Age of Mythology music

Great sum up, thanks for getting some of our history out there

Respect to the Boers from Ireland 🇮🇪

I personally appreciate this video as it applies a very objective and insightful perspective on this history

I'm south african and the British just tick me off, they act so innocent yet they were the ones who caused so much of the strife and suffering in the world, also the way this guy says boer 😂

Thank you for an accurate description. God bless

This short video taught me more in 6 minutes than the 2 hour documentary that I struggled through yesterday. Important to me was the infusion of the history of African colonization by much of Europe and how the Boer Wars were just one part of a much larger story. Great job!

Top notch video, lad. Cheers.

The regiment in which I belong to (Lord Strathconas Horse Royal Canadian) first overseas wars were against the Boers, and were in fact part of a private military, later annexed by the government of Canada.

I love the Age Of the Mythology music in the background! Great video.

history is my favorite subject

Age of mythology music 😂😂😂

POV: you got recommended the video with the title "Last Man Standing Australian Boer War Anzac Light Horse Veteran" you never heared of this war, and as a guy who is interrested in wars and knows many things about WW2 you went ahead and looked up this video.

Really liked the video and the Age of Mythology soundtrack, that quite distracted me xD

Villebois De Mareuil was one of the most famous French voluntary in the boer side, his history is very interesting ! A lot of volunteers from everywhere fights in the boer side !

Thank you for making this video. This isn't taught in our schools at all, and it's important to know your history. The only history of die Anglo-Boer oorlog was told to me by my parents and grandparents.

The Boer have survived a lot and we will survive the civil war aswell.Bring it on .

5:10 LOL - there are so many memes here. Both Artillery Only from ISP as well as the other options from Sid Meiers Civilization V! xD Well done, made me chuckle!

Loved the video keep doing what your doing

As a black South African white South Africans can be divided into two groups those of Afrikaans decent and those of British decent but over the years they've intermingled through marriage and such so what you end getting is South African Europeans who speak Afrikaans as a first language and those who speak English as first English.

Love to Boers from UK

I love your videos, very amazing and great animation

I live in the netherlands but i never knew about this history 😅 great video

the background music is from Age of Mythology lol

3:48 If only Anakin Skywalker watched this part

Love the AOM background music!

Thanks for the video. Just a correction, it is General Koos De la Rey, not Kroos.

Long live the Dutch Boers in South Africa !!

I love the use of age of empires music. Seems rather fitting.

Interresting stuff, i live in south africa and here are many historical places i havent even visited yet. See doctor Chris Barnard did the first heart transplant at the mofat church near kuruman northen cape area. Good show lad, liked and subed.

Highground, highground everywhere. - Darth Vader, in South Africa.

My great grandpa was a boer

haha the music, i was wondering the whole time from where i know it ^^ Age of Empires of course 11

Didn't think you'd get SA history correct, great video

very helpful video, thank you

Forgot to mention the bittereinde boere who fought till the end. And the role farm workers and black south africans played in the war. Also wished you’d expanded more on the verskroeide aarde beleid. But anyway enjoyed seeing south african history being acknowledged

And we won the Rugby World Cup 2019 - it was Anglo-Boer War 3 and we won!

That age of Mythology soundtrack in the background brings back way too many memories man

Thank you very much for your posting of this video. As a South African, I wonder how many Brits knows about the history about the Boer War and the damage they have caused. Even the Royals refused to apologize.... 😢😢

You gotta love those Boers !

You did pronounce some stuff wrong like boer (B oo (like book) r)

Thanks for such a short, yet informative video. Never learned about it in school, just hear bits and pieces here and there. Thanks for confirming that Britain was entirely justified, as I hoped.

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The boers opposed the british annexation of 1870's from the beginning. They didn't seek the protection of the british but knew they could not fight a two front war. Great video though.

One also has to recognize that the Boers were Chrisian people and their faith carried them through all these hardships; and still does...

The AoM music got my nostalgia gland pumpin'

Love the Age of Mythology music btw, suits it well

If they had given the colony back to the Netherlands, they wouldn’t have had these wars...

As an Afrikaner ("Boer") the British in 1900 certainly had a bad impact on my ancestry. However, in 2020 I have benefited very much from the British presence in South Africa. Much of the systems (anything from educating to safety standards) were imported from Britain. I speak English relatively fluently (because of the British presence), which allows me to work internationally. I see the Brits and English speaking South Africans as my brothers and NOT my enemy! Long live the British and Afrikaners!! Lets move forward and don't dwell in the past.

Hey I really like your videos, I was wondering if you could do one on the short lived German colonial empire

I love the AOM background music!

Thanks for including the concentration camps! Its so rare to see the truth these days.

That old school Age of Mythology music though

This is so helpful to study with

Thanks that you putt Boere videos on utube

"De La Rey, De La Rey . . ."🎶

where is the Boer Vs EFF war history? oh wait its still to come 🤔

Everyone: Oh Shit The Australians Are Tough! The Boer: Is ek a fokin grappie vir jou!(Am I a fucking joke to you!)

Excellent informative video

Fun Fact: General Piet Joubert was my great great grandfather... yes I'm serious.

The most expensive and most embarrassing war ever for Britain up to this day. Approx 19000 Boers against 500.000 btitish.

why are the Native Africans considered hostile?

Love the AoM background music.

Yeah even other Europeans were against each other for a while even in South Africa

Age of mythology music

I bet you are scrolling the comments to find that one guy who recognized the age of mythology theme 😅

Nice summary!

You left out the bit where the Boers OBLITERATED the Zulu tribe ending the Zulu conquest permanently after 300 Boers decimated more that 15 000 Zulus in a Brilliant defensive strategy at the Battle of Blood River.

Any other South Africans here got that realization of that one song 'de la ray'?

Video: a brief history of the Boer war Video: starts with a introduction explaining the age of discovery

For some reason the background music has reminded me to send peasants to dig for gold, chop down trees and build farms.

Make Zimbabwe Rhodesia again

is this the age of mythology music in the background ?

Love the Age of Mythology background music ;)

Fantastic video love history ☺️

2:29 Boer States: Britain, please help us, we are being bullied by surrounding africans! Britain: Annexes Zulu territory Boer States: You shouldn’t do that! Smh

Damn red coats!

Thank you for this video. Its true not almost no one knows of this war and what happened in our history. When I was in England I was shocked that no one knew of this war.

Hi. Great video. Do you have a ScaleAbout page?