Louis Botha
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- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Military History
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Colonialism, Colonies, Settlements, Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Empires, Dynasties, British Empire, Nationalism
- Curriculum: African History
Article abstract: Military significance: A skilled guerrilla commander, Botha held a massive British army at bay for two years during the Boer Wars. His reputation as a moderate nationalist enabled him to bring Boer and British factions together after the war, creating the modern state of South Africa.
Louis Botha was an early South African nationalist. His moderate politics suited the kind of compromise that would be necessary to reconcile Boer and British interests, which had been on a collision course since the early nineteenth century. Born in...
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