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Asked by: Wahida Frolushkin
news and politics war and conflictsWhy did Kaiser Wilhelm send a telegram to the president of Transvaal in 1894?
Moreover, why did the Kruger Telegram caused so much fury in Britain?
In response to the British reaction of the telegram the Germans said that they were free to support whomever they wanted. This heightened British fears that the Germans were trying to them as the dominant European nation.
Also asked, why did the Kruger Telegram cause such anger in Britain?
The raid was intended to trigger an anti-government uprising by the primarily British expatriate miners, but was a fiasco with 65 of the raiders killed to only one Boer, and the rest surrendering. The telegram caused huge indignation in the UK, and led to a further inflammation of tensions between Britain and Germany.
The raid was ineffective and no uprising took place. The results included embarrassing the British government; replacing Cecil Rhodes as premier of the Cape Colony; strengthening Afrikaner dominance of the Transvaal and its gold mines; helping start the Anglo-Boer War (1899–1902).