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The Boer War

Separating fact from fiction in Britain's forgotten war

World Service,2 episodes

Episodes

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White Man's War
Why black South Africans fought with the British in the Boer War
30 Sep 1999,28 mins
Methods of Barbarism
How the British came to use concentration camps in the Second Boer War
07 Oct 1999,29 mins