The Battle of Waterberg took place on August 11, 1904 at the Waterberg, German South West Africa, and was the decisive battle in the German campaign against the Herero.
Two shell casings from the battlefield at the Waterberg, found in October 2012
Memorial to fallen Herero warriors at the Waterberg Plateau
German South West Africa was a colony of the German Empire from 1884 until 1915, though Germany did not officially recognise its loss of this territory until the 1919 Treaty of Versailles.
European settlers in German Southwest Africa, c. 1911.
Four German soldiers in a Camel-Schutztruppe patrol, 1906
Nama POWs in 1900
Image: Erichsen Abused San or Nama child prisoners p. 52 v 2