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Field Guide to the Battlefields of South Africa (Paperback)
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Field Guide to the Battlefields of South Africa (Paperback)
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There are two major types of battlefield terrain in South Africa:
first the open plains and savannah lands of the Highveld, a land
where cavalry rules supreme. The second type is the thornbush of
the Eastern Cape, a setting more suited to skirmishing rather than
set-piece battles. Then, in KwaZulu-Natal, the two terrains merge
to create the country s most dramatic battlefield landscape and one
of the largest military graveyards in the world where the fates of
colonies, republics and kingdoms were decided.For more than two
centuries, from the late 1700s to the early 1900s, conflict, in one
form or another, swept across this countryside; its combatants as
diverse, hardy and tenacious as the land and its resources that
almost always was at the root of hostilities.In this groundbreaking
book, author and specialist battlefields guide, Nicki von der
Heyde, presents over 70 battles and skirmishes covering five wars
that shaped the course of South African history from the Frontier
Wars that started in 1779 to the Second-Anglo Boer War of 1899
1902, a bitter and costly confrontation triggered by the discovery
of the world s richest gold fields on the Witwatersrand.Detailed
accounts of the engagements, based on extensive research, are
provided, with special attention given to the terrain, key phases
and outcomes, and the combatants involved. Battle timelines
succinctly set out the passage of each campaign, while
international timelines catalogue concurrent events around the
world.More than 400 original documentary and contemporary
photographs and over 60 short features have been assembled to
provide a rich, enthralling and haunting account of these momentous
events. Detailed historical maps that include annotations have been
created for 16 high-profile engagements, while 10 regional maps
indicate the locations of the battle sites. Arranged in regional
order, with concise directions to each battle site and GPS
coordinates for main locations, the "Field Guide to South Africa s
Battlefields" is not only indispensable for professional and
amateur military historians, but is of great interest to general
readers, too if only as a reminder of the devastating human cost of
war and the value of exploring the past to make sense of the
present.It is beautifully illustrated with historical and
contemporary photographs and detailed battle and regional maps."
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