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These are reproductions from What Price Glory, I'd prefer not to wear original 80 year old boots. The originals are definitely a lot more impressive.

@@thehistoadian How could I disagree ? You're a wise young lad, respectful of history, congratulations ! Indeed What price glory make rather good reproductions perfect for reenactment, but speaking of British ammo boots, those made in the 50's or in the early 60's are identical to those made during the war and cheaper. They were once easy to find even here in France and much appreciated by local reenactors and collectors alike (though quite a few have been fooled thinking they bought genuine WW 2 boots...). But maybe they are not so easy to find now

Yessir

Certainly!

Sadly I believe it was just a one time event put on by Parks Canada. Myself and a few other fellows are organizing a Northwest Rebellion reenactment group, we're hoping to get more events like this going annually. You can find us on Instagram under "the_dominion_society" if you're interested!

That's okay. Reenacting is typically done to educate people about history, especially the uniforms, equipment, weapons and daily life of the soldiers. It's also a fun opportunity to shoot rifles, cannons, etc.

Awesome!

@@thehistoadian yeah i will make the video on the 31st of August but it might take a while because of editing and what not

Thank you for commenting, the only other survivors were Metis, only one white man and the women (who were taken prisoner) survived.

You are a sad, disgusting pitiful excuse for a man. This man saved another's life at the risk of his own. Nothing more and nothing less. The British Empire was actually extremely respectful when it came to other races. Learn some history before disrespecting men who had more bravery than you'll ever show. I hope you'll open your eyes and realise the truth some day and be a better man than you currently seem to be.

You're a simpleton🤡

Canada's involvement is sadly little known in the Boer war, Canada and Australia were actually pretty similar as both were regarded as expert horsemen. Thanks for watching!

That is amazing, much respect to your father.

I haven't heard of any being used in modern warfare, they primarily went out of service during the 1950s in favour of rubber soled boots. However they are still often used for ceremonial duties!

Please tell me what I omitted? This was not "genocide", honestly its kind of offensive to those who actually had to deal with genocide with the amount of woke people claiming everything and anything as "genocide". Genocide is the deliberate destruction of a certain group of people, which this was not. This was the results of Boers using their families for their own gain rather than protecting their families, the British attempted to care for them but due to a lack of knowledge and Boer sabotage things got messy. Please do research before making absurd claims that are constantly repeated by individuals who lack a simple understanding of what certain words mean.

@thehistoadian please read "Apartheid Britain's bastard child"....well researched and written. The WAS a horrendous genocide never acknowledged by Britain. I understand how you believe what you do ...because I did as well. Coming from one English and one Afrikaans parent. Now I understand what I didn't want to know. That why I said Britain's perspective because there is another side to this story of pure and utter humiliation of a culture that has borne consequences to further generations

@mookimoves9469 I'll look into it though it does sound like it'll be biased towards one side. This however was absolutely not a genocide though. It wasn't a good thing that happened but it wasn't a genocide. Mistakes were made yes, but it was the best that could be done considering the circumstances.

@thehistoadian I'm sure there is a certain subjective "bias" from every aspect of history and the author is writing about her culture that is backed up with documents and written accounts. Some of the letters from Kitchener makes it fact that the intentions to destroy an entire culture which they continued way after the war with humiliating degradation to its people. There intention was clear. Pls read this book. It's hard to believe that humanity could do these atrocities to one another but it doesn't mean we should look away. I did for way too long

The Jingo press did a good job to this day, which astounds me. History always has 2 or more accounts on opposite sides. But over 20 000 black women & children alone died in those camps, (and thats not counting the boer woman & children), mostly children and starvation, and lack of clean drinking water. And they wrote articles on their " lack of cleanliness" Please read the book and do another more informed docci 🙏

Because it's quite close to the 5 Button Sweaters of WWII, it was a chilly day and at the time I lacked proper WWII wool Battledress so I was wearing the khaki drill uniform as worn in the Italian campaign. Soldiers often traded gear and equipment so it's possible a Canadian soldier could have had an American sweater. It's not a video about the uniform so I wasn't concerned about being 100% picture perfect. Thanks for watching!

They would definitely be better than just plain leather soles but modern Hiking boots have much better treads. Hobnails can be quite slippery on certain surfaces like ice and smooth rocks

@@thehistoadianthank you

The video isn't about the cause of the Second Boer War. It's solely about the "Concentration" Camps. If you don't like historical facts and truth I'm sorry but there's nothing we can change about that.

Providing “facts” solely from the British POV does not equal the truth and attempting to make educational content without providing context creates bias and adds negative value. I truly hope that maturity will bring you some wisdom.

They are historical facts whether you like it or not. Just because they don't make the British sound evil doesn't make them untrue. The cause of the Second Boer War is a whole other subject which I'll probably be covering in the future, this video is solely about the camps.

I am not convinced that you are unbiased. Kindly share links to sources that have been independently validated.

I can share those with you later today

Why are you acting like someone is disputing this?

It's just war. It has been going on for thousands of years and will for a thousand more. The "Zulu" land was won in conflict same as it was lost in conflict

Yes, the British were establishing a colony in the resource rich parts of Africa, just like they did with nearly half the world. Just like humanity has done since the beginning. The Zulu are not innocent. They were killing other African tribes for centuries before the British came. All human civilizations have bloodshed in their past. No one is innocent.

Bruh this happened over 100 years ago, get over it.

Kinda like how the entire Zulu nation invaded their neighboring tribes. Skill issue buddy get ratiod

Except he Brits won.

I appreciate your comment and will do my best to answer. The reason I didn't cover the causes of the rebellion is because that would take a whole video on its own, this one is already half an hour long. The individual who led this massacre, Wandering Spirit is an individual I feel as though can accurately be described as someone who lusted for murder, blood shed, or in other words a "bad person" as there are numerous first hand accounts about him saying he wished to exterminate the white race and other similar statements. Now this obviously doesn't mean every native or even every warrior in that specific tribe a bad person. As stated in the video there were individuals in the tribe who were against this bloodshed and wished to not take part. People have the free will to choose between good and bad and on that day of the massacre Wandering Spirit and several others chose evil, whereas others chose mercy. I plan to do many more Northwest Rebellion videos in the future (at my rate with filming and uploading videos it'll take a while... lol) which will cover a lot more information about the cause of the war and so on. In a way I suppose you could say I am biased, biased as in I use historical first hand accounts, records, etc to build upon my understanding of history rather than the numerous myths and legends which are often taken as historical fact nowadays. Many historians, authors, etc within the last couple decades do the opposite. Oftentimes they take oral history from descendants of individuals who may have been involved and often they take that as 100% historical truth. As this is done many people don't ever question its authenticity and continue to teach it in books, websites, articles, etc. Oral history is interesting but it's often very far from the truth, especially when it only comes from one individual. I strive to understand history how it actually happened via using multiple sources that back each other up. Many myths about the Northwest Rebellion and other events have emerged from just one statement from an individual who wasn't even alive at the time, which have been continually republished in books which sadly spreads lies and misconceptions. I can see why people believe I am biased because what I say often doesn't match the many articles online or recently published books on the subject, but if you search the first hand accounts, records, archeological evidence, etc you will see that it matches the actual history of the event. I hope this helps clarify any misconceptions and answers any questions you may have had about the video.

@@thehistoadian Fair enough, thanks for the reply. I don't necessarily agree with your assessment of modern historiography (at least academic, popular history is another matter)...as you know, while we can't take oral histories at 100% face value, neither can we fully trust the first-hand sources either. A good historian takes the sources we have access to and critically analyzes them for the biases of time and other information and wider historical contexts we have access to, as I'm sure you're aware. I think that critical lens is something more modern history has done much better than those of previous decades, which I can pretty confidently say with my experience in researching lots of first-hand sources in Canadian history. Anyway, rants aside, we'll probably end up disagreeing on a lot of how we understand narratives of our country's history but I'm glad we can have a good dialogue on it. We've all inherited this messy, violent, and still very divisive history whether we like it or not, and I hope we can have empathy and understanding towards one another as Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. Just know a lot of us are very quick to jump on to what we see as misconceptions or potentially racist narratives because of how impactful this history continues to be in our lives and communities every single day. Cheers.