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DIAMONDS AND WAR

The Siege of Kimberley was only a part of the war that had been raging between the British and the Boers, which was known as the Anglo-Boer War. While this battle was termed “the white man’s war”, it would have been easy to assume that the conflict was only between the two mentioned groups.

Of course, this was not so. The war had a devastating effect on the country and touched the lives of all its people.

Kimberley – Diamonds and War (Book 2 of 2)

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