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Invasion of South West Africa

Name: Invasion of South West Africa – South Africa factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

South Africa · Warfare / World War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

1Records

1915Date range

1Named people

0Places

Chronological records

1915

Jan Christian Smuts1915

Warfare / World War, 1st

Smuts & Louis Botha lead the South African army into German South West Africa & capture it

Names involved

Jan Christian Smuts

Provenance

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