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This map is a side map related to my fav.me/d8ii42f Botswana map!

In 1989 The Union of South Africa went into civil war, Transvaal which later renamed itself to the South African Republic initiated an 8 year long war which resulted in much territorial loss within the Union. Originally during the Civil War both the Oranje Free State and Transvaal acted together as a pro-Boer nation demanding both nations to be independent; but after much territorial and army losses a compromise was made to grant independence to Transvaal and create an Autonomous Region within the Union of South Africa. Two major regions (Utrecht & Oranjeland) are still being illegally occupied by the S.A.R. which goes against the Treaty of Fort Victoria (held in neighbouring Rhodesia); the treaty stated that the S.A.R. will gain complete independence and relinquish all holdings in both Swaziland and Oranje (renamed to Oranjeland by S.A.R.). The Republic gained a coast line in order to gain complete control of the vital oil pipeline that runs from it's rich neighbour Botswana. During the civil war Botswana was responsible for arming and financing the S.A.R. and in return obtained the region of Vryburg, just west of Mahikeng. Some view Transvaal as a puppet state of Botswana, others as a liberation front for Boers.

"Give me 20 divisions American soldiers and I will breach Europe. Give me 15 consisting of Englishmen, and I will advance to the borders of Berlin. Give me two divisions of those marvellous fighting Boers (Meaning Farmer, originating from the Boer War) and I will remove Germany from the face of the earth."
Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery, Commander of the Allied forces during WWII.

"The Americans fight for a free world, the English mostly for honour and glory and medals, the French and Canadians decide too late that they have to participate. The Italians are too scared to fight; the Russians have no choice. The Germans for the Fatherland. The Boers? Those sons of bitches fight for the hell of it."
American General, George "Guts and Glory" Patton

"Take a community of Dutchmen of the type of those who defended themselves for fifty years against all the power of Spain at a time when Spain was the greatest power in the world. Intermix with them a strain of those inflexible French Huguenots, who gave up their name and left their country forever at the time of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The product must obviously be one of the most rugged, virile, unconquerable races ever seen upon the face of the earth. Take these formidable people and train them for seven generations in constant warfare against savage men and ferocious beasts, in circumstances in which no weakling could survive; place them so that they acquire skill with weapons and in horsemanship, give them a country which is eminently suited to the tactics of the huntsman, the marksman and the rider. Then, finally, put a fine temper upon their military qualities by a dour fatalistic Old Testament religion and an ardent and consuming patriotism. Combine all these qualities and all these impulses in one individual and you have the modern Boer."
Sir Arthur Conan Doyl

HOPE YOU ENJOY!

Description
This map is a side map related to my fav.me/d8ii42f Botswana map!

In 1989 The Union of South Africa went into civil war, Transvaal which later renamed itself to the South African Republic initiated an 8 year long war which resulted in much territorial loss within the Union. Originally during the Civil War both the Oranje Free State and Transvaal acted together as a pro-Boer nation demanding both nations to be independent; but after much territorial and army losses a compromise was made to grant independence to Transvaal and create an Autonomous Region within the Union of South Africa. Two major regions (Utrecht & Oranjeland) are still being illegally occupied by the S.A.R. which goes against the Treaty of Fort Victoria (held in neighbouring Rhodesia); the treaty stated that the S.A.R. will gain complete independence and relinquish all holdings in both Swaziland and Oranje (renamed to Oranjeland by S.A.R.). The Republic gained a coast line in order to gain complete control of the vital oil pipeline that runs from it's rich neighbour Botswana. During the civil war Botswana was responsible for arming and financing the S.A.R. and in return obtained the region of Vryburg, just west of Mahikeng. Some view Transvaal as a puppet state of Botswana, others as a liberation front for Boers.

"Give me 20 divisions American soldiers and I will breach Europe. Give me 15 consisting of Englishmen, and I will advance to the borders of Berlin. Give me two divisions of those marvellous fighting Boers (Meaning Farmer, originating from the Boer War) and I will remove Germany from the face of the earth."
Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery, Commander of the Allied forces during WWII.

"The Americans fight for a free world, the English mostly for honour and glory and medals, the French and Canadians decide too late that they have to participate. The Italians are too scared to fight; the Russians have no choice. The Germans for the Fatherland. The Boers? Those sons of bitches fight for the hell of it."
American General, George "Guts and Glory" Patton

"Take a community of Dutchmen of the type of those who defended themselves for fifty years against all the power of Spain at a time when Spain was the greatest power in the world. Intermix with them a strain of those inflexible French Huguenots, who gave up their name and left their country forever at the time of the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The product must obviously be one of the most rugged, virile, unconquerable races ever seen upon the face of the earth. Take these formidable people and train them for seven generations in constant warfare against savage men and ferocious beasts, in circumstances in which no weakling could survive; place them so that they acquire skill with weapons and in horsemanship, give them a country which is eminently suited to the tactics of the huntsman, the marksman and the rider. Then, finally, put a fine temper upon their military qualities by a dour fatalistic Old Testament religion and an ardent and consuming patriotism. Combine all these qualities and all these impulses in one individual and you have the modern Boer."
Sir Arthur Conan Doyl

HOPE YOU ENJOY!