Herero uprising

Herero and Nama War
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

German Empire

Herero, Nama, and other Namibians
Commanders and leaders
Theodor Leutwein
Lothar von Trotha		 Samuel Maharero
Hendrik Witbooi †
Strength
Initial strength: ~2,000 Herero: 10,000
Casualties and losses
  • KIA: 676
  • MIA: 76
  • WIA: 907
  • Died from disease: 689
  • Civilians: 100
 65,000–70,000 including civilians

The Herero and Nama War is the collective term for a series of interlinked, anti-colonial armed struggles by native peoples in German South West Africa (present-day Namibia), mainly the Herero and Nama people, against the German Empire. The overall conflict took place between 1904 and 1908, and included the Herero uprising and the Second Nama Rebellion.

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