m., and a population of Bantu Negroes and Hottentots estimated in 1903 at 200,000. 2,426,000), c.318,000 sq mi (823,620 sq km), SW Africa.

From here it was intended they should sail to South Africa but the war ended before their departure. These men had been recruited for service with British forces in the Crimean War (1854-6) and were stationed in England. Historical Map of Sub-Saharan Africa (22 April 1915 - South West Africa Campaign: The defeat of the last of Maritz’s Boer rebels in early 1915 allowed the British dominion of South Africa to resume its offensive against German South West Africa. The Germans began to take more and more land from the local African inhabitants, instituting laws and policies that served to undermine and oppress the local population. South African forces thus occupied German South West Africa for and on behalf of the British Government. This German possession is bounded W. by the Atlantic, N. by Angola, S. by the Cape province, E. by Bechuanaland and Rhodesia, and is the only German dependency in Africa suited to white colonization. Bundesarchiv Bild 105-DSWA0005, Deutsch-Süd-Westafrika, Palmen.jpg 800 × 536; 79 … Approaching from several fronts, the South Africans overwhelmed the colony in just a few months. The soldiers (2362 in all) were instead sent to the Cape as settlers, arriving in East London in early 1857. Media in category "German South-West Africa" The following 100 files are in this category, out of 100 total. Aus kriegsgefangenenlager 1915-1919.jpg 637 × 394; 245 KB. German Military Settlers were sent to South Africa. pop. The invasion was the first time that the Union Defence Force (UDF) was deployed operationally in the event of war. The South African invasion of German South West Africa (GSWA) in September 1914 was specifically aimed at securing several strategic British war objectives.

Banjo herero-grootman im norden.JPG 394 × 249; 148 KB. In 1884, the German State declared South-West Africa a German colonial territory. GERMAN SOUTH-WEST AFRICA. German South-West Africa, or present-day Namibia, was a colony of the German Empire from 1884 until 1915, when it was occupied by South African forces fighting on the side of Great Britain in World War I. It has an area of about 322,450 sq. German South-West Africa: see Namibia Namibia, officially Republic of Namibia, republic (2015 est. During World War I South African troops entered South West Africa in February 1915 and the German forces in the territory surrendered on 09 July 1915. Proposed Coat of Arms Southwest Africa 1914.png 250 × 500; 86 KB. Mandated Territory of South West Africa (1915 - 1990) image by Mark Sensen, 08 Oct 1999 and Blas Delgado Ortiz, 14 May 2002 .