Concentration Camps



Bollocks.
They were doing this in the American Civil War long before the British tactic employed to deal with guerilla/terrorists in the Boer War.

Instead of starting a comment with Bollocks why not have an intellectual debate on the subject.

Not sure the Boers should be classed as were terrorists as they were there before us and we invaded their country for gold Also the difference between our camps and the American Civil War was that it was troops the Americans held whereas the Camps the British set up were to concentrate the families of the Boers and were mainly civilians.
 
Boer War.

There is a difference between a concentration camp and an extermination camp.

Term coined by the USA.
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The term itself originated in 1897 when the "reconcentration camps" were set up in Cuba by General Valeriano Weyler. In the past, the U.S. government had used concentration camps against Native Americans and the British had also used them during the Second Boer War.

Yes we refined them and your right in that Native Americans in America and Aborigine's in Australia were all subject to some form of concentration camps.
 
Bollocks.
They were doing this in the American Civil War long before the British tactic employed to deal with guerilla/terrorists in the Boer War.
Prisoner taking wasn't a big thing in a lot of wars/battles prior to the invention of rules to the whole game, wholesale killing & pillaging were par for the course, the Romans, Egyptians etc didn't mind a few prisoners, handy for slaves & a bit of savage entertainment or a bit of ransoming :neutral:
The Vikings were ***** as well , liked a bit of killing, pillaging, rape & kidnapping!
 
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