Maritz Rebellion (1914)

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armed uprising event in South African history military conflict rebellion

The Maritz Rebellion (1914) was an armed uprising by pro-German, anti-British Afrikaner nationalists in South Africa during World War I, aiming to restore independence from the British Empire.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Maritz Rebellion 2
1914 Afrikaner Rebellion 1
Boer Rebellion of 1914 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed uprising ⓘ
event in South African history ⓘ
military conflict ⓘ
rebellion ⓘ
aftermath imprisonment and fines for many rebel leaders ⓘ
political amnesties granted later to some participants ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Maritz Rebellion (1914) ⓘ
surface form: 1914 Afrikaner Rebellion

Maritz Rebellion (1914) ⓘ
surface form: Boer Rebellion of 1914

Maritz Rebellion (1914) ⓘ
surface form: Maritz Rebellion
chronologicalOrder occurred shortly after the outbreak of World War I in 1914 ⓘ
combatant loyalist Union Defence Force units ⓘ
rebellious elements of the Union Defence Force ⓘ
conflictType internal uprising ⓘ
country Dominion of South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Union of South Africa
endTime 1915 ⓘ
goal establish a republic independent of Britain ⓘ
restore independence from the British Empire ⓘ
hasCause Afrikaner nationalism ⓘ
opposition to British rule in South Africa ⓘ
pro-German sympathies among some Afrikaners ⓘ
resentment over the outcome of the Second Boer War ⓘ
ideology Afrikaner nationalism ⓘ
anti-British sentiment ⓘ
leader Christiaan de Wet ⓘ
Christian Frederick Beyers ⓘ
J. B. M. Hertzog ⓘ
Koos de la Rey ⓘ
Manie Maritz ⓘ
location South Africa ⓘ
natureOfRebellion armed insurrection against the Union government ⓘ
opponentLeader Jan Smuts ⓘ
Louis Botha ⓘ
opposedTo British Empire ⓘ
opposingForce Union Defence Force ⓘ
Union government forces ⓘ
partOf World War I ⓘ
relatedTo Second Boer War ⓘ
history of Afrikaner nationalism ⓘ
result consolidation of Union government authority ⓘ
continued participation of South Africa on the British side in World War I ⓘ
defeat of the rebels ⓘ
side Cabinet of the Union of South Africa ⓘ
surface form: Union of South Africa government

pro-German Afrikaner rebels ⓘ
significance influenced later Afrikaner political movements ⓘ
major internal challenge to the Union of South Africa during World War I ⓘ
startTime 1914 ⓘ
supportedBy German Empire ⓘ
temporalContext early phase of World War I ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maritz Rebellion (1914) → alsoKnownAs → Maritz Rebellion (1914) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maritz Rebellion
Maritz Rebellion (1914) → alsoKnownAs → Maritz Rebellion (1914) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Boer Rebellion of 1914
Maritz Rebellion (1914) → alsoKnownAs → Maritz Rebellion (1914) ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1914 Afrikaner Rebellion
Christiaan de Wet → conflict → Maritz Rebellion (1914) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maritz Rebellion
Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey → involvedIn → Maritz Rebellion (1914) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maritz Rebellion (early stages)
Christiaan de Wet → supported → Maritz Rebellion (1914) ⓘ