German colony in South-West Africa lasting from 1884–1915
This article is about the original German colony. For the South African colony, see South West Africa. For other uses, see South West Africa (disambiguation).
German South West Africa
Deutsch-Südwestafrika
1884–1915
Service flag of the Colonial Office
Coat of arms of the German Empire
Green: German South West Africa Dark gray: Other German colonial possessions Darkest gray: German Empire (1911 borders)
• Start of colonial occupation by the German Empire
7 August 1884
• Herero-Namaqua Genocide
1904–1908
• Union of South Africa occupies German South West Africa
9 July 1915
• Treaty of Versailles
28 June 1919
Area
1912
835,100 km2 (322,400 sq mi)
Population
• 1912
250,000
Currency
German South West African Mark
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Uukwambi
Uukwaluudhi
Uukwangali
South West Africa
Today part of
Namibia
German South West Africa (German: Deutsch-Südwestafrika) was a colony of the German Empire from 1884[1] until 1915,[2] though Germany did not officially recognise its loss of this territory until the 1919 Treaty of Versailles.
German rule over this territory was punctuated by numerous rebellions by its native African peoples, which culminated in a campaign of German reprisals from 1904 to 1908 known as the Herero and Namaqua genocide.
In 1915, during World War I, German South West Africa was invaded by the Western Allies in the form of South African and British forces. After the war its administration was taken over by the Union of South Africa (part of the British Empire) and the territory was administered as South West Africa under a League of Nations mandate. It became independent as Namibia on 21 March 1990.
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