Herero Wars
Series of German colonial wars in South West Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Herero Wars were a series of colonial wars between the German Empire and the Herero people of German South West Africa (present-day Namibia). They took place between 1904 and 1908.
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Herero Wars | |||||||
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Part of the Scramble for Africa | |||||||
German troops in combat with the Herero in a painting by Richard Knötel. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Herero, Namaqua, and other Namibians | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Theodor Leutwein Lothar von Trotha |
Samuel Maharero Hendrik Witbooi † | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Initial strength: ~2,000[1] | Herero: 10,000[2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
| As many as 65–70,000 including civilians[3] |
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