Herero Wars

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]

The Herero Wars were a series of colonial wars between the German Empire and the Herero people of German South West Africa (present-day Namibia). They took place between 1904 and 1908.