Battle of Waterberg

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The Battle of Waterberg was a decisive 1904 military engagement in German South West Africa in which German colonial forces defeated the Herero, triggering their mass flight into the desert and marking a key turning point in the Herero and Namaqua genocide.

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instanceOf battle
military engagement
associatedWith Lothar von Trotha extermination order
belligerent German colonial forces
Herero people
causeOf large-scale deaths of Herero due to thirst and starvation in the desert
colonialContext German South West Africa colony
colonialPower German Empire
combatant1 German colonial forces in German South West Africa
combatant2 Herero fighters
commander Lothar von Trotha
Samuel Maharero
conflict Herero and Namaqua genocide
conflictType colonial war battle
countryAtTime German Empire
date 1904-08-11
describedAs decisive engagement in German South West Africa
ethnicGroupTargeted Herero
linked to: Herero people
followedBy Herero flight into the desert
extermination policies against the Herero
hasConsequences dispossession of Herero land
forced displacement of Herero population
hasHistoricalRecognitionAs part of early 20th-century genocidal violence
historicalPeriod age of New Imperialism
linked to: Age of Imperialism
indigenousGroupInvolved Herero
linked to: Herero people
isTurningPointIn Herero and Namaqua genocide
languageOfPrimarySources German
location German South West Africa
Waterberg
linked to: Waterberg region

present-day Namibia
militaryTactics encirclement attempt by German forces
use of artillery by German forces
opponent German colonial forces
Herero people
outcome defeat of the Herero forces
partOf German campaign against the Herero uprising
German colonial wars in Africa
precededBy Herero attacks on German settlers and military posts in 1904
region Omaheke region
linked to: Omaheke Region
relatedEvent German South West Africa campaign
Herero uprising of 1904
relatedTo Namaqua people (as part of the broader genocide context)
linked to: Nama people
result German victory
significance key turning point in the Herero and Namaqua genocide
marked the collapse of organized Herero military resistance
theatre South West African theatre of colonial wars
triggered mass flight of the Herero into the Omaheke desert
year 1904

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Herero and Namaqua genocide hasPart Battle of Waterberg