The Bittereinders (Afrikaans: [ˌbətərˈɛindərs]) or irreconcilables were a faction of Boer guerrilla fighters, resisting the forces of the British Empire...
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end", and were therefore called "bitter-enders", or, in Afrikaans, "bittereinders"; more colloquially, the English translation would be "diehard". Van...
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Bittereinder was a supporter of the Boer cause who wished to continue the fight during the commando phase of the Second Boer War (1899-1902) and after...
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Afrikaners, has alternative observances that reflect its distinct identity. Bittereinder "Bittereinders Day in Orania". AnydayGuide. Retrieved 9 October 2022....
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located according to their views of the war. "Bitterenders" (Afrikaans: Bittereinders), who refused to pledge allegiance to the British Crown, were interned...
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musicians are originally from Pretoria. These include Desmond and the Tutus, Bittereinder, The Black Cat Bones, Seether, popular mostwako rapper JR, Joshua na...
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Second Boer War, those Boers who had fought to the end were known as Bittereinders. A German journalist who interviewed the former Boer general J. B. M...
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took to the hills and launched a guerrilla campaign, becoming known as bittereinders. Led by generals such as Louis Botha, Jan Smuts, Christiaan de Wet,...
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War as many had lost their farms in the war or regarded themselves as Bittereinders who felt they could not live under a British government. To migrate...
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British East Africa, while those who had fought to the end (called bittereinders, "bitter-enders") initially preferred German South West Africa. One...
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counter-insurgency policy which aimed to cut off all sources of aid to the Bittereinders. This included destroying all Boer-owned farmsteads in the South African...
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could support the bittereinders and interning Afrikaner non-combatants into concentration camps. Family members of known bittereinders had their rations...
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Labyrinths (2016) Baker's Dozen (2017) Wears House (2017) Taut (2018) The Bittereinders (2019) What Wands Won't Break (2020) What Wands Remixes (2020) Holy...
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telegrammed all Transvaal officers forbidding the laying down of arms. Bittereinders ("bitter-enders") under Botha, Christiaan de Wet and Koos de la Rey...
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War as many had lost their farms in the war or regarded themselves as Bittereinders who felt they could not live under a British government. According to...
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Free State and the ZAR are conquered by the United Kingdom, but the Bittereinders refuse to give up the fight. The United Kingdom uses the scorched earth...
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last of the major Boer towns, had surrendered. Yet resistance by Boer bittereinders (meaning those who would fight to the bitter end) continued for two...
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war, and continued to fight in the guerrilla phase of the conflict as bittereinders; 12 Boerjode are known to have been killed in action, while 80 were...
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AFRIKANER SE VRYHEIDSTRYD. – Afrikanervolksparty". Jaap Marais remembered as "one of Bittereinders" – Dispatch Online. Last visited 27 December 2007....
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views and authorities' assessment of risk. "Bitterenders" (Afrikaans: Bittereinders), men who refused to pledge allegiance to the British Crown, were interned...
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Freedom Wars. Those Boers who wanted to continue the fight were known as "Bittereinders" (or irreconcilables) and at the end of the war a number like Deneys...
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surrounding plots of land to commemorate civilians, volunteers, POWs, and Bittereinders. While complementary to the Women's Monument, they confirmed the shift...
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1900, Potgieter continued the war under general Koos de la Rey as a 'bittereinder' (Afrikaans for fighter to the bitter end, diehard). While De la Rey...
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before by his grandfather Carolus. The Trichards were among a group of "bittereinders" (diehards) who attended a planning meeting in Ermelo on January 7,...
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Kartel, Wrestlerish, Zebra & Giraffe 2011 5–7 August "Unknown Brother" Bittereinder, Black Hotels, Dan Patlansky, David Kramer, Desmond & the Tutus, Die...
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main arranger and Devereaux van der Hoven-Oosthuizen, Loki Rothman and Bittereinder also contributed as arrangers. Arnold Coleske was responsible for the...
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Scouts claimed their Queen's South Africa Medals. Ostracized by the Boer Bittereinders and their womenfolk, they had to found their own separate Afrikander...
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the British. Leo Pokrowsky remained in Africa, joining the guerrilla Bittereinder. His last reportage is dated April 1, 1900. Later he devoted himself...
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or Group of the Year Beatenberg – The Hanging Gardens of Beatenberg Bittereinder – Skerm BlackByrd – Home McCoy Mrubata – Brasskap Sessions Vol. 2 The...
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represented the characteristic spirit or ethos of the ''bitter-ender'' (Bittereinder in Afrikaans) by doing his duty until the very end of the war (31 May...
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