ABSTRACT The entry of the Union of South Africa into the First World War, as well as the subsequent invasion of German South West Africa (GSWA), served as a trigger to the Afrikaner Rebellion. In September 1914 the Union Defence Force (UDF) suffered a major reverse at the Battle of Sandfontein. However, in addition to the German threat, South Africa faced a second, more serious internal threat. The socio-economic realities of early-twentieth-century South Africa, felt most keenly among rural Afrikaners, magnified the rift between the competing interests of Afrikaner nationalists and the Union government loyal to the Crown. The Union’s entry into the war was a step too far for many Nationalist Afrikaners and ultimately precipitated the outbreak of the rebellion. As a result, the operational focus of the UDF shifted to the internal military threat posed by Afrikaner rebel forces. The Afrikaner Rebellion brought about the first counterinsurgency operation of the UDF within the borders of South Africa. By harnessing its operational and tactical mobility, and operating from the central position and along internal lines of communication, the UDF swiftly dealt with the rebel revolt. This article evaluates the counterinsurgency operations conducted by the UDF in suppressing the Afrikaner Rebellion.

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南非的反叛乱：南非白人叛乱，1914-1915

摘要 南非联邦加入第一次世界大战，以及随后对德属西南非洲 (GSWA) 的入侵，引发了南非白人叛乱。1914 年 9 月，联邦国防军 (UDF) 在桑德方丹战役中遭遇重大逆转。然而，除了德国的威胁之外，南非还面临着第二个更严重的内部威胁。20 世纪早期南非的社会经济现实在农村南非白人中感受最深，放大了南非白人民族主义者与忠于王室的联盟政府之间相互竞争的利益之间的裂痕。联盟加入战争对许多民族主义阿非利卡人来说太过分了，最终促成了叛乱的爆发。因此，UDF 的行动重点转向了南非白人叛军造成的内部军事威胁。南非白人叛乱促成了 UDF 在南非境内的第一次反叛乱行动。通过利用其作战和战术机动性，从中心位置和内部通信线路开展行动，UDF 迅速应对了叛乱。本文评估了 UDF 在镇压南非白人叛乱中进行的平叛行动。UDF迅速处理了叛乱。本文评估了 UDF 在镇压南非白人叛乱中进行的平叛行动。UDF迅速处理了叛乱。本文评估了 UDF 在镇压南非白人叛乱中进行的平叛行动。