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Second Boer War

1899–1902 Southern Africa Status: ended Casualties: ~75,000 total (incl. concentration camp deaths)

Britain's war to control gold-rich South Africa. Britain used scorched-earth tactics and concentration camps where ~28,000 Boer civilians and ~20,000 Black Africans died. Led to the Union of South Africa in 1910.

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Belligerents

  • British Empire
  • South African Republic
  • Orange Free State

Casualties

~75,000 total (incl. concentration camp deaths)

From World at War, an interactive atlas by Jairus Pereira. Figures are approximate, drawn from Wikipedia, UCDP, ACLED and academic sources — a design artefact, not an authoritative register. Contact.