Namibian Timeline
… resistance from the colonized peoples of Namibia. 1904 12 January The Herero declare war on the Germans. Samuel … been killed. From a population of 60 to 80 thousand, only 16,000 remain, the majority of them in concentration camps. … of 8,000 troops takes control of the capital, Windhoek, on 12 May 1915. The Germans surrender to the South African …