Feature History - First Boer War

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[@mrniceguy7168]

All this talk about horses and guns makes me want Red Dead Redemption: South Africa

[@Ronathanrongers]

Mr Nice Guy they would have to make a new game as rdr is about the Wild West or well the not so wild west but i do think that would be a good game.

[@ReverendMeat51]

This could be unironically really cool

[@MerganNaidoo]

If you like Rockstar games you might love South Africa, it's GTA IRL

[@Ronathanrongers]

Mergan Naidoo lol

[@PotatoEternal]

@@JohnSmith3x911s Red Dead Australia is also a great idea

[@harrisonlee9585]

Winston Churchill: The Prequel Trilogy

[@mysticnovelbro]

Further proof of how much of a badass ol' Churchie was.

[@timvanrijn8239]

@@mysticnovelbro galipoli

[@jamesstewart3856]

Chelmsford The NovelBro Idk man the British then proceeded to abuse the boers pretty hard, makes me dislike Churchill tbh

[@kaderpdi1982]

@@jamesstewart3856 and the british won the second boer war because they sent captured boer woman and children to concetration camp

[@mysticnovelbro]

@@jamesstewart3856 Churchill was a Boer POW Your opinion is invalid

[@akhenaten617]

Last time I was this early Carthage was salt free

[@crusader7659]

Name checks out, would you like me to sacrifice some children for you?

[@akhenaten617]

@@crusader7659 Sacrifice some anti vaxx kids they're gonna die anyways.

[@elysia3294]

Dope name and comment

[@yungfaas6688]

That's a good one

[@enriquerodriguez1513]

Hoàng Nguyên Duh, everyone knows it was the aliens

[@T-34_Chan]

As a South African, thanks for finally talking about the boer war.

[@Lankyblankman]

Yeah we don't even get taught the first war in school.

[@_Thoughtful_Aquarius_]

I knew Boer meant farmer, but I had thought the Boers were originally a very religious group. Was I wrong about that? The narrator didn't mention religion at all. I also didn't realize that they kept slaves. So is that true? The Boers enslaved people?

[@afrovarangian]

@@_Thoughtful_Aquarius_ Boers are very religious but that had nothing to do with the war. As for slavery, the slaves were bought from warring tribes that enslaved prisoners but you could say that's equally as bad. Remember the groot trek happened (I'm not sure about this) right after the crushing meaning many tribes were enslaved by other migrating tribes.

[@afrovarangian]

@John Licon There would be no South Africa as we know it though. Transvaal and Orange Free State would probably unify for defense, cultural simulaties and cape colony would be ceded to the "Boere Republiek". I have no idea what would happen afterwards with the world wars etc.

[@afrovarangian]

@John Licon Depending on who you ask there's already a genocide going on against white farmers. Some claim it's targeted and others say that the countries' murder rate is so high that it's difficult to tell. Also the small villages that do their own thing are prone to inbreeding so if they continue being isolationists they'll cripple themselves. But things aren't all bad. After decades of political stagnation there's change happening.

[@saltylad2107]

I feel like the Boer's tactics of maneuver and unconventional warfare were well ahead of their times.

[@85Pushead]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commando

[@leifewald5117]

The tactics inspired the later Irish Republican Army in the Irish War of independence

[@RiggidyDiggidyRaw]

The American revolution is what inspired these tactics so basically we can thank Native Americans for modern guerrilla warfare, not Boers in the 1800's. The Brits had been attacked like that for years at that point, probably all the way back to the French Indian war

[@Buidelrat]

They invented the tactics dude

[@johndavis9432]

Actually the United States used these tactics against the British long before the Dutch during the American Revolution.

[@sameester]

The last time this channel posted a video feels like ancient history

[@zaclegoattack]

You mean Yonks B.C

[@alphaxalex1634]

A war with a second one: *Exists* Feature History: *ooo goody more content*

[@FirefoxisredExplorerisblueGoog]

Boers: Proper hunters British: "They can't hit us if we ride on animals" British: *Gets hit* British: D:

[@jeffbenton6183]

It's important to remember that breach-loading rifles were a relatively new innovation. It's mostly understandable that tactical commanders weren't prepared to deal with it. (Though certain battles of the U.S. Civil War could've clued them in)

[@FirefoxisredExplorerisblueGoog]

@@jeffbenton6183 Cool, didn't know about that! Must've been quite the horror for the British line infantry.

[@thekillers1stfan]

British: Proper colonists Boers: Create rich African country right next to British territory Boers: [Get absorbed] Boers: D:

[@farmerboy9029]

@@thekillers1stfan you literally ignored the whole first part of this video

[@thekillers1stfan]

@@farmerboy9029 I'm predicting the future bitch

[@WackypackagesMan2000]

See you guys in a few months

[@Rakanarshi2]

*waves*

[@3bydacreekside]

Hola

[@5.7moy]

It’s been 12 months or more

[@cosmicctf5286]

Can’t wait for the second Boer war

[@aloadofbollocks988]

Cant wait for the third Boer war

[@ovs8691]

And the Rhodesian Bush War :DDD

[@ovs8691]

@@aloadofbollocks988 based

[@ovs8691]

@White Brad Bad Jy's my nuwe Banglobull

[@guilhermecosta5171]

Dude you missed, happened like a century ago :/

[@nikob1712]

When the hills start speaking Afrikaans

[@koonkoon01]

im not even white and i understood this guy's joke

[@afrovarangian]

@janis vogel Same concept as when the trees start speaking Vietnamese. It's a reference to the way guerilla warfare is waged.

[@mikkokivisto4414]

@janis vogel You're being sarcastic, right? Good troll, haha.

[@cakebear9534]

*THE NEW ORDER: THE LAST DAYS OF EUROPE INTENSIFIES*

[@guillaumevanwyk5182]

janis vogel dis deel van n meme

[@Yora21]

Boers: "You can't colonize us! We're white!" British: "Lol, you think that would stops us?"

[@Nicholas-qf8vx]

and then they f***ed it up

[@nqobilengema2165]

Lol Napoleon Bonaparte wants a word with you as he ruled(colonized) alot of Europe

[@Shadow77999]

Lolz

[@kingjoe3rd]

@@nqobilengema2165 wrong

[@nqobilengema2165]

@@kingjoe3rd oh my the period of 1804 to 1814 just didn't exist...

[@Lankyblankman]

Lol we don't even get taught the First Boer War in history class in South Africa, only the second.

[@dylanrodrigues]

I have a math exam tomorrow which is worth 45% of my overall mark but guess I'll just watch this instead.

[@mydearfriendheather1931]

Me with an essay on a book I havent read yet!

[@More_Row]

Hey same , have a 3 day written paper exam starting tomorrow. Good luck by the way.

[@stevencooper4422]

Med school exam tomorrow

[@thomasalvarez6456]

10 percent of my politics one is in 9 hours

[@m.w.6526]

Had an exam today... save this video for tomorrow and hit the books!

[@Cherrywick76]

The Boers didn't have nobles. The 'burger' class basically included all Boers, and even uitlanders were planned to become Burgers after a set amount of time.

[@carlruppert7324]

Correct. They consisted almost entirely of frontiersmen and farmers, very much like those from the American Wild West. So basically they were a nation of cowboys 🤠

[@Cherrywick76]

@Grote Scheiße 'Citizen' is a better translation, especially considering how militaristic Afrikaner society was with every citizen being a soldier. In that sense, there was little boundary between 'civilian' and 'soldier', with all citizens being members of the military essentially.

[@thenoobyblock1208]

True - Kruger adopted a two-class system of 'New Burghers' (Uitlanders) and 'Old Burghers' (Transvaalers). Uitlander enfranchisement would of course be the pretext for the British ultimatum at Bloemfontein in 1899, although Kruger, breaking from his usual stubborn demeanor, offered a package of measures that went beyond British demands, provided they surrender their claim to suzerainty (I'm sure you can guess how that was received). I would recommend Martin Meredith's 'Gold, Diamonds & War' which explores most of 19th-Century South African history - it's a great read!

[@travisreed1730]

The Boers were certainly ahead of their time tactically, weren't they.

[@MrJimheeren]

They where also a bunch of overly religious zealots and slave holders. But yes they could most certainly fight

[@seamonster936]

@@MrJimheeren Hey Jim did mommy drop you on your soft head as a baby? Slavery was explicitly forbidden in the Constitutions of both of two the largest and most enduring Boer Republics, although you are probably right about the religious zealotry thing.

[@ejmproductions8198]

@@MrJimheeren If you want to get technical skippy : the British forced 120,000 Blacks into worker camps during the second Boer War and forced them to build railways and blockhouses (textbook definition of slavery)- seems like your people were the last slaveholders in S-Africa

[@vedsingh-bp2ke]

​@@MrJimheeren and the British killed forty thousand women and children in concentration camps :). Don't pretend this was anything other than a imperialist conquest

[@perpisdich3386]

​@@MrJimheerenbased

[@legopants8898]

Hey,fan from republic of Georgia here. Interesting fact:a nobleman from my country Niko Bagrationi fought in second boer war as he viewed it as a war for independence.(Georgia was annexed by russia at that time) I read his memoirs,quite fascinating.He described boers as a fierce warriors battling to the very end, but british might was far too overwhelming and defeat inevitable.

[@willowncfom8228]

Hi "Lego Pants", can you send me a link to find his memoirs? Thank you.

[@concept5631]

@@willowncfom8228 That sucks

[@stiaanbreedt9472]

In the natal there are a lot of farms that are owned by the decendants of those warriors

[@wackypacky6917]

Can you do somthing on Czechoslovak legion or the UPA

[@poonut5021]

I agree

[@Mike-mc3ty]

While not the same, Kings and Generals has done a great minidocumentary on the Czeckoslovak Legion

[@ultraslav9313]

If he does the UPA, expect the comment section to turn how it did in the Yugoslavia ones: Absolute chaos

[@wackypacky6917]

@@ultraslav9313 Indeed: Thats half the fun. I would also like to see him handle its pros and cons

[@ultraslav9313]

@@wackypacky6917 He would have to juggle with the Poles blaming the Ukrainians for committing a genocide against them (which I mean, they did. Shukhevych and Lebed talked extensively about exterminating the "Polish element" from a pure Ukraine. How can talk like that not be signaling genocide?) and the Ukrainians blaming the Poles for constantly occupying and annexing the Ukraine repeatedly throughout history, and for the forced Polonization in the region during the 1920s and 1930s. In the end, both sides are gonna get pissed.

[@northumbriabushcraft1208]

My Great-Grandmother's 1st husband was a veteran of the 2nd boer war and fought in the first world war too. Most people overlook both of the boer wars, but the first one a lot more than the second...

[@seamonster936]

Because it was small and insignificant.

[@crusader7659]

I literally have an essay about the British Empire’s expansion in India and Africa (including this) due tomorrow and you sir are just begging to be cited

[@warbler1984]

Maybe citing a KZbinr is not the best of ideas...just maybe...

[@officialbindersurfingchann7653]

@@warbler1984 why?

[@warbler1984]

@@officialbindersurfingchann7653 I'm not saying the video is wrong. I knew nothing about the first Boer war and I learnt a lot from the video but no academic would accept a KZbin video as a historical source.

[@daveholland6293]

@@officialbindersurfingchann7653 Are you serious?

[@jbkjbk1999]

Don't cite a tertiary (if even that) source without any citations of its own. This channel is cool and interesting, but the fact that he doesn't cite his sources anywhere is a serious problem.

[@esmid99]

G E K O L O N I S E E R D

[@oliveboy9766]

AFRIKAANS REEEEEEE

[@Pavlos_Charalambous]

Ne reeeeeeee! 😂

[@Pavlos_Charalambous]

@@Lankyblankman δεν κατάλαβα χριστό όμως 🤔

[@alecblunden8615]

Pigeon Dutch, Nai?

[@Pavlos_Charalambous]

@White Brad Bad now am starting to be worried 👽

[@Pavlos_Charalambous]

@White Brad Bad shit I just Google it 🤣

[@somerando3718]

Can’t wait for you to talk about the second Boer war. The comment section will start a third Boer war

[@sab6637]

Fun fact : a Georgian with king ancestry fought in the second Boer war

[@dodecahedron7910]

Tell me more ?

[@willowncfom8228]

Is this related to the Napoleon ancestor?

[@frikvandenberg3976]

Almost 300 Russians also fought on the Boer side in the first year of the war. As well as many others from different countries, some serving until the end of the war in the medical core.

[@ls200076]

The Dutch: "interessant" *cries in New Amsterdam*

[@hiddenhist]

Love all the videos in africa. Cool cool. One detail though: the expansions that led to depopulation are known as the ‘mfecane’ and were not really _led_ by Shaka Zulu. They were the result of various Ngoni groups using Zulu tactics in campaigns of expansion, and they pushed out and destroyed many Tswana city states and i think even some Shona ones.

[@gidi3250]

It original started with Shaka but as groups fled they used similar tactics on other groups causing them to flee and repeat

[@stefanvanveenendaal5741]

Even that I'd argue with. It was around the same time that there was a lot of migration and resettlement by Nguni people across Southern Africa, and Shaka both a product of his time, and producer of it.

[@stefanvanveenendaal5741]

The Shona were not immune, and there are reports that the effects of the imfacane being felt all the way in Zambia and into Moçambique. Depopulation though is a strong word - internal displacement, certainly, as when things began to stabilise, local Africans began to return to the lands they had fled from.

[@ndhunamabunda5444]

@@stefanvanveenendaal5741 ngumi people where in South Africa way longer than that

[@TheThreatenedSwan]

The eternal Anglo strikes again

[@Lore-94]

Sadly yes

[@jerrycorrea5974]

The (British) Empire Strikes Back

[@MazaAzi]

The British are basically what happens when a kid with MAX trauma (the fact the britons has been invaded and taken over by basically every other European culture ) Grows up without therapy near constant war ✅ superiority complex ✅ Inferiority complex ✅ (British humor often has them mocking themselves) Abusive and harsh treatment of Neighbors ✅ (Ireland and scotland and kinda wales) Difficulty to work with others ✅ (Brexit) and the list goes on

[@MeragRealm]

@@MazaAzi I agree with everything you said apart from the Wales part. Idk but those Welsh seem to be up to sth. Like they are planning sth.

[@Jawarable]

The damned Anglo's beady eyes staring at me from the dark.

[@HunterLord458]

Sooo does this mean theres a chance for a piece on the Rhodesian Bush War?

[@soggysayo4thewin344]

Thank you for talking about this conflict as i have an ancestor (i forgot whos grandparent he was) who fought in both boer wars and continued to fight the british in sa after the 2nd boer war as a rebel and was then imprisoned

[@Shack01]

As descendant of sarel johannes eloff, who was the acting commanding general for the transvaal army during this war, his sister had married paul kruger other brother was a sculptor known as an old master, making busts for the likes of de la rey, siener van rensburg the presidents steyn, Kruger and was best friends with pierneef, im damn proud to be a direct descendent of these heroic people

[@arris8196]

As a kid, I used to think this was the Boar war, as in boars 🐗, as in a bunch of brits went off to fight tusky pigs .

[@stephenwright8824]

Me too, actually.

[@carlruppert7324]

As an actual Boer/Afrikaner, I think you may be excused for thinking that 😂

[@jjc5475]

as an artist with some work in illustrator i think yall gotta appreciate the illustration work done for these videos. quality work!

[@Shack01]

Most of what you see is historical drawings

[@mattkemerait]

I love it when a Feature History pops up.

[@CaptainRagnarok15]

Can you please do the Angolan Civil War

[@ReverendMeat51]

And Mozambique and Nigeria and Rhodesia and Congo and Eritrea and Sudan and Namibia and Algeria...

[@ANWRocketMan]

So much untapped history in Africa.

[@richdrizzledick6939]

I was hoping for that sometime soon as well. Love that conflict, lots of proxy support with that one, also, Cuba beat South Africa and that's really awesome to comprehend.

[@CaptainRagnarok15]

Lol I thought this would be a underrated comment

[@invisigaming357]

@@richdrizzledick6939 you know the cuban field commander was executed upon his arrival. That doesn't sound like much of a truiphant return...

[@min_maximilian]

This was a great video, can't wait for part 2

[@callumjoyce1712]

Me: Don't say it! Feature History: Boar war.

[@grafvonnix1114]

I don know how but i read “the first boomer war“

[@ivlivscaesar5898]

you forsee the future

[@ANWRocketMan]

Love seeing South African history! If you ever get the opportunity, do some research/reading on some other historical events here that shaped the country we have today. one important one is the Mfecane (from the Zulu perspective) in which many native tribes and peoples were forced to relocate by the Zulu which created a power/occupation vacuum into which the Boer's trekked and established the republics. it's also interesting to note, Afrikaans has more in similar with Flemish than Dutch, however i think that's incidental. Also we pronounce the word 'Boer' with a 'oo' sound as in 'book'.

[@ANWRocketMan]

@Sherri T[A]P Me!! To Have [S]EX With Me It's a method of warfare practiced since ancient times against the likes of the Romans, persians, etc. Nothing new, TBH. They also tried fighting conventionally... Failed miserably in the end. Guerilla warfare exists for a reason, have to agree on that.

[@thememeking2399]

Thank you so much for doing this

[@ernestchua6637]

Wow, you sound much more confident in this video, I am glad you improve the way you narrate, keep it up👏👏

[@VictorianTimeTraveler]

I didn't know that there was a first Boer war... I suppose the existence of a second Boer war should have tipped me off.

[@yogunihachimi6797]

Orange and Transvaal are my favorite country to play in Victoria2. Diamonds!

[@kylepracz]

Excellent work my dude

[@ianmoore3470]

There’s gonna be another boar war when giant teleporting man eating boars start coming for your children

[@demigodace]

I agree with you completely!

[@timvanrijn8239]

Bobby b?

[@Cheesytarian]

Somebody just got done watching the movie Razorback And spoiler those hogs don't transport though

[@DarkLordOfSweden]

Out in the countryside? That's why you have full automatic rifles

[@richdrizzledick6939]

This is why they invented the AR-15, to kill between 30-50 boars in warfare.

[@vincentmalab3289]

Hyped.

[@JohnDoe-lw1si]

Sounds like he is recording this in a cave. Hope you enjoy your big room, cheers for the history.

[@9krio]

I always like you vids BEFORE I watch them.

[@Christopher-lx4ud]

Dankie vir die video! Thank you for the video.

[@superpuncher5480]

Feature history: "Oh yeah the Boers killed most of all the british, but the british *let* them win."

[@Yora21]

The objective in every war is to get the enemy to a point where they can not or want not continue to fight. The enemy deciding continuing the war is not worth is is a regular victory.

[@nonegone7170]

Has the same 'vibe' as "Oh yeah the Dutch defeated the English at sea, but only because they were broke"

[@fullfist]

2:24 Now wait just a minute! I believe you skipped over a few details, dude just how does that small Cape outpost legally become that whole vast red area!? Perfidious Anglo strikes again?

[@adankmeme651]

Boers: we will fight for our land British: Our land! Natives: bruh...

[@Heinrich_Pistor]

They crept up the hill. I have once tried to get up Majuba “Hill” (its actually part of a mountain range ) to go see the monument on top.I was told it was an easy route so did not take anything with me. I got 2/3 of the way up and decided to not go further. That made me think that either those guys where very angry,completely insane or was maybe smoking something stronger than normal tobacco or maybe all of it.

[@Liaamshaer0833]

I'm legit thinking South Africa could be made into a video game lmao

[@3User]

There's a movie called breaker morant based on an australian officer during the second boer war, I highly recommend it

[@johnroche7541]

Great war movie. Check out "Young Winston" another good movie. It depicts the time Winston Churchill was captured by the Boers when his armoured train was ambushed. It also depicts the Battle of Omdurman 1898 and Winston's time serving in India. Simon Ward plays Winston Churchill and looks very like him. Check out "Zulu Dawn" which depicts the Battle of Isandlawana during the Anglo-Zulu War. Great movie starring Simon Ward ,Peter O' Toole and Burt Lancaster.

[@francoislabuschagne6769]

Please make a follow up one for the 2nd Boer war.

[@justinjeroneflores518]

Hello, I am currently writing a proposal for my paper about the first Boer War, and I must say your video is very clear in narrating the events that took place. I am wondering, however, if you are able to provide links to the books / articles you have used as sources in making this video?

[@drivernephi1002]

Can you do a video on the history of Bougainville? They’re currently doing a referendum to gain independence. Or even possibly a video on East Timor.

[@JS-rg8uh]

He is alive !!!!!! Yaaaaay

[@daysofoldhistory2982]

great video!

[@ScoundrelSFB]

Looking forward to part 2.

[@AlgaeNymph]

Given how Downton Abby's a thing it's good to see some of the setting's historical background.

[@marth8000]

The World > Stuff happens _Britain_ > hippity hoppity

[@RJavierYepesDeV]

Excellent video! Quito-Ecuador 2020

[@paintlightshine3655]

Can’t wait for the second Boer war

[@miac1974]

My great great great grandfather was sarel Cilliers! I'm proud of that.

[@racudo1898]

Correction: Cape of good hope was named by Bartolomeu Dias, a portuguese navigator

[@notactuallyADJ]

Immediatly wanted to say we dont speak Dutch but instead Afrikaans... You got me before I could, darn you.

[@SilverReaperJG]

Oh damn my favorite Aussie is back at it again!

[@IndeeshMukhopadhyay]

Yay more content!

[@lukabenedicic147]

Do the Bolivian Narco war 70s-90s next

[@eazy8579]

I would love to see this channel take a crack at the rise and fall of the Zulu Empire

[@somedrunkbloke5469]

Dutch Colonies:*Exists Netherlands : *gets incorporated to the napoleonic empire Britain: _its free real estate_

[@jacobusstrydom7017]

Nice, please make a video on the squeal to the boer war.

[@augustopinochet9432]

Can you please do the Falklands war

[@mason6564]

Akrikaans REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@angrycanuck7408]

PLEASE!!!!! Do the second Boer war very soon I’m begging you it is such an interesting topic

[@mowm88]

pretty good. I forgot about this first Boer War. Second one--England gets whacked bad first half year or more til they went all in. Quite a thing down there.

[@VicRibeiro777]

By all in you mean the concentration camps where over 27 thousand women and children died and the scorched earth doctrine? The Brits were getting spanked, again, and then turned to these tactics. Brutal yet effective. Also consider this. British forces numbered around 600 thousand, the Boer soldiers not even 60 thousand. Or that was what I was taught... Who knows what really happened?

[@danielcuevas5899]

9:05 so, like Vietnam?

[@konstantinosnikolakakis8125]

Basically

[@deleteduser87]

This was also one of the first times camo uniforms were widely used

[@gre3nishsinx0Rgold4]

I will forget this channel exist after a few months and be surprised by a new video.. but surprised in a good way.

[@kaizermierkrazy6886]

Well he posts monthly

[@empirespeech2430]

couldl you make one for the second boer war?

[@InshushaGroupie]

A technical point: The boers never were sufficient in horses. This lead to strategic losses, despite tactical victories.

[@n543576]

LA RIOTS WHEN?

[@n543576]

@Hoàng Nguyên Uhhh haha?

[@ls200076]

@Hoàng Nguyên When the roofs speak korean.

[@rambunctiousmedia3350]

Subbed - this American fan of history wants you to cover 1913-1914 Balkan conflicts that led to WWI

[@gregorydunn5180]

Thanks .good video

[@davidhobbs5679]

Other than the natalia republic's ginormous border, really good. Pretty accurate and strikes at the heart of the conflict. Incidently the gold rush made the Transvaal financially stable, but geopolitically vulnerable.

[@annadelsiena]

I'm sure I won't be the only one to say this, but the pronunciation for "boer" is with the "oo" sound as in school ^^

[@sjakierulez]

It is funny how a lot of English/American people say it wrong even though it should be easy for them

[@nukclear2741]

@@sjakierulez it's the spelling that throws people's pronunciation off.

[@Oomdaan11]

You're right, Anna. It isn't rocket science. Oh wait, it seems to be!

[@South-African-Gamer]

Dit is reg

[@justinodonnell4334]

When can we get a video on the second Boer war!? ;)

[@prralla1394]

Boer is pronounced like boor in dutch, love your content man

[@OMGitsJelle]

the dutch also lost ceylon, the brits took that for themselves too (tea addicts and all).

[@itsmealex8959]

Western world: "Hello" Africans: "Hallo, and welcome to feature history...[discusses first Boer war]"

[@Rowwejacques]

We need a part 2

[@corey2232]

It's funny how nowadays, people will claim ulterior motives for war ("must be oil!")... but back then, Britain was openly like *" HELL YEAH! They got diamonds? War. They got tea? War. They got spices? War. They got gold? War."* They didn't give a shit lol. Basically if any area anywhere in the world had something exploitable, damn right they were going to war to get some too 😂

[@reidtebbutt2130]

Afrikaans dont say hallo, they say "goeie more." Or howzit boet

[@holl4nder]

To put it simply, this is the moment when the African Wild West faced against the British Empire.

[@_vallee_5190]

Good video.

[@solomonwaldmarck9851]

Some videos about Indonesia would be interesting such as: 1. Indonesian Invasion and Independence of East Timor 2. 11/30 Coup and the subsequent 1965-1966 Massacre 3. Indonesian National Revolution (including the mass killing of royalties in the western region) 4. Aceh Insurgence: The Rise and The Fall of Free Aceh Movement (GAM) 5. The Ongoing conflict in West Papua

[@brandonneldo112]

Ive been in a rohdesian mood lately so this is just what I need

[@timvanrijn8239]

What do you mean by rhodesian mood

[@brandonneldo112]

@@timvanrijn8239 you never just felt the need to grab your FN and hang with the boys?

[@timvanrijn8239]

@@brandonneldo112 not realy but i have seen that in others.

[@ulrichfunk6122]

We are not rhodesians tho

[@ziongarner4485]

cringe

[@-gemberkoekje-5547]

The oe in boer is prenounced as the oo in oof, and the r is a spanish r

[@thekillers1stfan]

He's Australian, there's no chance in hell he's gonna care about pronunciation lol

[@norfangl3480]

So it's pronounced as Bur?

[@-gemberkoekje-5547]

@@norfangl3480 you mean the u sound as the I sound in bird? Becouse then, no. It's the oo in oof. Or the oo in boo. Or the oo in loo. Or the oe in shoe

[@norfangl3480]

oh. I've always pronounced oof as 'uhf' lmao. But I dunno how one combines "boo" with an r on the end. Boo-ar?

[@-gemberkoekje-5547]

@@norfangl3480 it's a spanish r. The one that you roll on your tounge. The English language has a very rare and hard to prenounce r. You can also just use Google translate.

[@cody59786]

And Ceylon wasn’t give back but other wise love the videos You do great work

[@aregularperson7573]

Can not wait for the second boer war