SZ Photo - Battles against Hereros and Nama in German South-West Africa, 1904 - 1908

01.01.1904 - Soon after the outbreak of the Herero uprising, General von Trotha takes over the command of the troops contracted in German South West Africa. The picture shows the officers of hi...
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01.01.1938 - Grave of the Chief Samuel Maharero. Maharero led the 1904 Herero uprising against the German colonial rule. [XPAEXPORTID000003]
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01.01.1904 - An observation post of the heliograph station at Okaharui. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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01.01.1904 - Witbooi Hottentots in the service of the protection force at the time of the fighting against the Herero. The Hottentots fell in 1904. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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13.03.1904 - Local soldiers of the protection force after the battle of Owikokorero during the uprising of the Herero in German Southwest Africa. In the battle of Owikokorero between von Glasen...
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01.01.1904 - German colonial soldiers after a battle near Otjikinamaparero during the uprising of the Herero. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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13.03.1904 - German and local soldiers of the protection force in a bivouac after the battle of Owikokorero during the Herero uprising in German Southwest Africa. On the cot is the wounded sea...
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01.01.1904 - March break of a department of the German colonial troops. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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01.01.1904 - Soldiers of a machine gun section of the protection force at the Battle of Orimbo. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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01.01.1904 - Camel rider patrol of the protection force during the uprising of the Herero in the German colony of German Southwest Africa. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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01.01.1905 - Field hospital of the German Schutztruppe in German South West Africa. Here, German soldiers fought a war with the native Hereros. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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01.01.1904 - The rebellion of the native Herero against German colonial rule surprised the German colonial administration first. They were able to crush the uprising only when troop reinforceme...
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01.01.1905 - War volunteers on their way to the Lehrter station in Berlin, to depart for their deployment in German South-West Africa against the rebellious Herero. The soldiers are dressed in...
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01.01.1904 - Departure of German replacement troops to German South West Africa on the steamer "Lucie Woermann". The Germans fought there against the rebellious Herero. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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01.01.1905 - The German station Amatoni on the northwestern front in German South West Africa. Here German soldiers fought with the local rebellious Herero. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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01.01.1904 - The theater of war in South West Africa, where German troops fought a war against the rebellious Herero. In the picture, the main well of the Grootfontein station in today's Namibi...
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01.01.1904 - Fairlie locomotive of the railway to Windhoek secured by sandbags. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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01.01.1904 - For the fight against the Herero tribes in German South-West Africa, which had become insurgent in 1904, German colonial troops needed reinforcements from Germany. The picture show...
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01.01.1904 - On the steamer of the "Markgraf" in Hamburg horses are loaded to be used against the insurgent Herero in German South West Africa. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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01.01.1904 - During the rainy season in South West Africa, the German station in Omaruru is flooded. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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01.01.1906 - German troops arrive by rail in Swakopmund. It is a narrow-gauge railway with low performance, which was often fatal to German soldiers in the campaign against the local insurgents...
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01.01.1908 - Cemetery near Grootfontain for German soldiers who fell in the fight against the insurgent Herero between 1904 and 1908. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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01.01.1936 - The former German military station Warmbad, where in 1904 the rebellion of the native Herero people began. Later, it became highly esteemed as a spa for its sulfurous springs. [XPA...
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01.01.1904 - The members of the Witboi in South West Africa supported the German Schutztruppen at the beginning of the rebellions against the Herero, but revolted against German rule in October...
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01.01.1908 - The field of Oviumbo in German South West Africa, where on April 13, 1904 there was a battle between German soldiers and insurgent Herero people. Here, the place where the sickbay...
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01.01.1904 - Water tower at the station of Karibib with the revolver cannon of the "Habicht" in German South West Africa, in today's Tanzania. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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01.01.1904 - The entrenched station of Karibi in the former German South West Africa, where German Schutztruppen fought against the insurgent Hereros. Today the area belongs to Tanzania. [XPAEX...
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01.01.1904 - Interior of the German fortress of Okahandja in German South West Africa, today in the center of Namibia. The German soldiers fought against the insurgent Herero tribes from here....
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01.01.1904 - German station at Gross Barmen in German South West Africa. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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01.01.1936 - View of the German festivals in the former German colony of German South West Africa. Here began in 1904 the uprising of the natives. Later, thanks to its sulfurous springs, Warmba...
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01.01.1935 - The ruin of the former German fortification Gross Barmen, a founding of the Rhenish Mission. During the Herero Uprising in 1904 an important battle took place here for the possessi...
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01.01.1904 - The German station Otjitno, 50 km from Grootfontein. It was invaded on January 17, 1904 by the insurgent Herero, who are fighting against the German occupiers. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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01.01.1905 - Herero fighters held in German captivity. In 1904 they had risen against German colonial rule. Unless they were not shot dead, they were deported by the High Command to a convict i...
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01.01.1905 - African men shod the hooves of an ox in a German camp in German South West Africa. [XPAEXPORTID000007]
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01.01.1908 - Captain Willeke rides at the head of a corps of cameleers during the fighting against the Hottentots under Simon Copper (or Kopper). German South-West Africa 1908: campaign against...
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