Portuguese naval infantry in 1915. These soldiers were sent to Angola and fought in Mongua. (colorized photo by Joshua Benoliel)
Date
18 December 1914 – 6 February 1917
Location
Southern Portuguese Angola
Result
Portuguese sovereignty in southern Angola restored
Belligerents
Portugal
Portuguese Angola
United Kingdom
South Africa(from 1917)
Ovambo
Supported by:
Germany[1]
Commanders and leaders
Alves Roçadas Pereira d'Eça Colonel de Jager
Mandume ya Ndemufayo † Calola
Strength
5,000[2] <1,000 African auxiliaries[2] 700[3]
50,000 – 150,000 (<20,000 fully armed)[4]
Casualties and losses
52 killed (18–20 August 1915;October 1916)[5][6] 57 wounded[5]
25 killed (18–20 August 1915)[5] 100 wounded[5]
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t
e
South West Africa campaign
Maritz rebellion
Angola offensive
Naulila
Ovambo Uprising
Sandfontein
Kakamas
Trekkopjes
Otavi
The Ovambo Uprising was an uprising against Portuguese colonial rule in World War I. It lasted from about 18 December 1914 to 6 February 1917 with the death of its leader, King Mandume yaNdemufayo, by South African forces in Namibia. The war pitted Portuguese troops, commanded by General António Júlio da Costa Pereira de Eça, against an Ovambo army, composed mainly of fighters from the Oukwanyama clan.[7][1]
^ abPélissier 1977.
^ abZollmann 2016a, p. 212.
^Zollmann 2016b, p. 101.
^Zollmann 2016a, p. 212–213.
^ abcdZollmann 2016a, p. 219.
^Zollmann 2016b, p. 100.
^Zollmann, Jakob (2016). Naulila 1914. World War I in Angola and International Law.
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Alves Roçadas
Colonel de Jager
Mandume ya Ndemufayo †
