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Herero Wars
Part of the Scramble for Africa

German troops in combat with the Herero in a painting by Richard Knötel.
Date1904–1908
Location
German South West Africa
Result German victory, systematic extermination of native peoples
Belligerents

Herero Wars German Empire

  • Herero Wars German South West Africa
Herero, Namaqua, and other Namibians
Commanders and leaders
German Empire Theodor Leutwein
German Empire Lothar von Trotha
Samuel Maharero
Hendrik Witbooi 
Strength
Initial strength: ~2,000[1] Herero: 10,000[2]
Casualties and losses
  • KIA: 676
  • MIA: 76
  • WIA: 907
  • Died from disease: 689
  • Civilians: 100[3]
As many as 65–70,000 including civilians[3]

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.

  1. ^ Bridgman 1981, p. 112.
  2. ^ Bridgman 1981, p. 87.
  3. ^ a b Bridgman 1981, p. 164.

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