German South West Africa

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German South West Africa (German: Deutsch-Südwestafrika) officially known as the German South West Africa Protectorate, was a colony of the German Empire from 1884 until 1915, when it was captured by the Western Allies during World War I. However, Germany did not officially cede this territory until the 1919 Treaty of Versailles. German rule over this territory was punctuated by numerous rebellions by its native African peoples. German colonial forces conducted a campaign of reprisals from 1904 to 1908, now known as the Herero and Nama genocide. The colony was captured by the Western Allies during World War I. Its administration was taken over by the Union of South Africa (a dominion within the British Empire) and administered as South West Africa under a League of Nations mandate. It became independent as Namibia on 21 March 1990.

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