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 georgenorman  20 Mar 23 1.50pm |
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Originally posted by steeleye20
Rarely if at all do the minds of British people turn to images of camps set up and run by the British Army when the words concentration camp are uttered. School curriculums endlessly examine the horrors of the Nazi system but seldom, if at all, do they turn to the actions of the British in the Boer war. Concentration camps were first set up as a deliberate policy and tactic of war by the British Army led by Lord Kitchener during the period 1900 to 1902. Estimate of Boer men, women and children who died in British concentration camps: 26,000.
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Teddy Eagle  20 Mar 23 1.56pm |
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Originally posted by georgenorman
Estimate of Boer men, women and children who died in British concentration camps: 26,000. Whilst in no way condoning any deaths there is a difference between a camp created for internment and one intended for extermination.
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| steeleye20 Croydon 20 Mar 23 2.29pm |
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I don't think the 26,000 men, women and children who perished from disease in these camps would quite see it in that way. Edited by steeleye20 (20 Mar 2023 2.30pm)
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| Teddy Eagle 20 Mar 23 2.43pm |
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Originally posted by steeleye20
I don't think the 26,000 men, women and children who perished from disease in these camps would quite see it in that way. Edited by steeleye20 (20 Mar 2023 2.30pm) Obviously but the fact remains they were set up as internment camps not to kill people.
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