Back Suidwes-Afrika-veldtog Afrikaans حملة جنوب غرب إفريقيا Arabic Campaña d'África del Suroeste AST Паўднёвазаходняя Афрыканская кампанія Byelorussian Teatre d'operacions d'Àfrica sud-occidental Catalan Felttoget i Sydvestafrika Danish Erster Weltkrieg in Südwestafrika German Εκστρατεία στη Νοτιοδυτική Αφρική Greek Campaña de África del Sudoeste Spanish Campagne d'Afrique du Sud-Ouest French
| 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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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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| Strength | |||||||||
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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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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.
- ^ Zollmann 2016a, p. 212–213.
- ^ Mitchell & Smith 1931, pp. 263–264.
- ^ Fraga 2010.
- ^ Strachan, Hew (6 February 2003). The First World War: Volume I: To Arms – Hew Strachan – Google Books. OUP Oxford. ISBN 9780191608346. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
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