Lieutenant-Colonel Manie Maritz defied the Union government’s order to participate in the invasion of German South-West Africa and aligned his force with Germany. The rebellion reflected Afrikaner anti-British feeling after the South African War, but its participants and motives were diverse. The government used martial law and loyalist forces to suppress it.
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Which factor drove the 1914 Maritz rebellion in South Africa?
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Maritz and other Afrikaners opposed the Union government’s participation in the invasion, in the context of unresolved tensions after the South African War.
The Maritz rebellion opposed South Africa’s participation in the invasion of German South-West Africa.
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The rebellion was connected to opposition to the Union government’s decision to invade the German colony on Britain’s side.