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The Scorched Earth Policy

The Scorched Earth Policy. The Boer nations in flames. Lord Kitchener. Burn down Boer farms Destroy their crops and livestock To prevent Boer troops from taking shelter and getting supplies from farming community who were on their side. They were taken to….

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The Scorched Earth Policy

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  1. The Scorched Earth Policy The Boer nations in flames

  2. Lord Kitchener • Burn down Boer farms • Destroy their crops and livestock • To prevent Boer troops from taking shelter and getting supplies from farming community who were on their side.

  3. They were taken to… CONCENTRATION CAMPS

  4. Concentration Camps • Captured Boer people so that they will not help the Boer soldiers • It weakened the Boer morale (spirit, confidence)

  5. Dreadful conditions overcrowded tents terribly cold poor diets unhygienic conditions measles diarrhoea starvation dysentery

  6. Black concentration camps 115 700 black people 66 camps 14 000 deaths

  7. White concentration camps 136 000 Afrikaners 50 camps 28 000 deaths

  8. Led to their final defeat… The Boers surrendered in May 1902. 18 000 Boer men were still willing to fight. The deaths of their women and children were too much to endure

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