German South West Africa Campaign
| 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 | |||||||||
 South African Republic
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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 Pereira d'Eça
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Christiaan de Wet
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| Strength | |||||||||
| Union Defence Force (UDF): 67,000 Portuguese Forces in southern Angola: 1,600 |
Schutztruppe: 3,000 German militia and settlers: 7,000 Boer commandos: 500–600 |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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232+77 killed 76 wounded 79 captured disease fatalities: unknown |
103 killed 890 POW field guns: 37 machine-guns: 22 |
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H. H. Asquith
Jan Smuts Louis Botha Teófilo Braga Manuel de Arriaga Alves Roçadas
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