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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Predicate Object
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 ⓘ