what were the boer wars in africa
The conflict is commonly referred to as simply the Boer War, since the First Boer War (December 1880 to March 1881) is much less well known.  Boers  was the common term for Afrikaans-speaking settlers in southern Africa at the time.
1 Other nations were part of the Second Boer War. 2  Australia and India fought on the side of the British, while Germany, Sweden, and the Netherlands fought on the side of the Boers. 3  Many of the Boers left South Africa after the Second Boer War. 4  They went to places like Argentina, Kenya, Mexico, and the United States.