WWI: General Louis Botha, leading the South African troops, enters undefended Windhoek, capital of German South West Africa, an

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01Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa; 3rd rev. ed., Pretoria: Academica, p. 403.

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South African History Online. (2012, May 11). WWI: General Louis Botha, leading the South African troops, enters undefended Windhoek, capital of German South West Africa, an. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083165

South African History Online (2012) 'WWI: General Louis Botha, leading the South African troops, enters undefended Windhoek, capital of German South West Africa, an', South African History Online, 11 May. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083165 (Accessed: 28 September 2026).

South African History Online, WWI: General Louis Botha, leading the South African troops, enters undefended Windhoek, capital of German South West Africa, an [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083165, (accessed 28 September 2026).

"WWI: General Louis Botha, leading the South African troops, enters undefended Windhoek, capital of German South West Africa, an." South African History Online, 11 May 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083165. Accessed 28 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "WWI: General Louis Botha, leading the South African troops, enters undefended Windhoek, capital of German South West Africa, an." South African History Online. May 11, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083165.