Series of German colonial wars in South West Africa
Herero Wars
Part of the Scramble for Africa
German troops in combat with the Herero in a painting by Richard Knötel.
Date
1904–1908
Location
German South West Africa
Result
German victory, systematic extermination of native peoples
Belligerents
German Empire
German South West Africa
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
KIA: 676
MIA: 76
WIA: 907
Died from disease: 689
Civilians: 100[3]
As many as 65–70,000 including civilians[3]
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Herero Wars
Okahandja
Omaruru
Battle of Okahandja
Ongandjira
Ovuimbu
Waterberg
Herero and Namaqua genocide
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Scramble for Africa
South Africa (1879)
South Africa (1880)
Tunisia (1881)
Sudan (1881)
Egypt (1882)
Wassoulou (1883)
Madagascar (1883)
Eritrea (1885)
Equatoria (1886–89)
Somalia (1888–1924)
Congo (1895)
Dahomey (1890)
Mashonaland (1890)
Katanga (1891−92)
Dahomey (1892)
Matabeleland (1893)
Morocco (1893–94)
Wassoulou (1894)
Ashanti (1895)
South Africa (1895)
Ethiopia (1896)
Matabeleland (1896)
Zanzibar (1896)
Benin (1897)
Wassoulou (1898)
Chad (1898)
Fashoda (1898)
South Africa (1899)
Somaliland (1900)
Aro (1901)
Angola (1902)
Namibia (1904)
Tanganyika (1905)
Morocco (1905–06)
South Africa (1906)
Morocco (1907–34)
Mufilo (1907)
Morocco (1909)
Ouaddai (1909)
Morocco (1911)
Libya (1911–12)
South Africa (1914)
Darfur (1916)
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