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2024-08-29 Britain

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Posted by Skidmark 2024-08-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11141 views ] Top

#1 They stopped being "Great Britain" when they reneged on Balfour Declaration.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-08-29 02:09|| 2024-08-29 02:09|| Front Page Top

#2 Actually, it stopped being "Great" a bit earlier. First use of the term or word konsentrasiekampe I believe:

More than a century after 48 000 people died in concentration camps in what’s known as the South African War between 1899 and 1902 – or the Anglo-Boer War – the events of that period are back in the headlines.

The camps were established by the British as part of their military campaign against two small Afrikaner republics: the ZAR (Transvaal) and the Orange Free State.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-08-29 05:43|| 2024-08-29 05:43|| Front Page Top

#3 ^Touche

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2024-08-29 09:08|| 2024-08-29 09:08|| Front Page Top

#4 And some wonder if "Perfidious Albion" was earned at the height of Empire. That aspect of the Boer War has been carefully obscured for a very long time.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2024-08-29 15:00|| 2024-08-29 15:00|| Front Page Top

#5 Many were children having fallen victim to measles
and other childhood illnesses during harsh winter conditions. Reading the inscription "unknown infant" on hundreds of gravestones will bring a strong man to tears.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-08-29 15:26|| 2024-08-29 15:26|| Front Page Top

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