South West Africa campaign
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The South West Africa campaign was the conquest and occupation of German South West Africa by forces from the Union of South Africa acting on behalf of the British imperial government at the beginning of the First World War.
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South West Africa campaign | |||||||||
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Part of African theatre of World War I | |||||||||
The South West Africa campaign in 1915 | |||||||||
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67,000 South Africans 12,000 Portuguese |
3,000 Schutztruppe 7,000 German militia & settlers 500-600 Boer commandos 50,000 – 150,000 (<20,000 fully armed)[1] | ||||||||
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Union of South Africa:
Portuguese Angola:
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German South West Africa:
South African Republic:
Ovambo
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