Ovambo Uprising (original) (raw)
- The Ovambo Uprising was an uprising against Portuguese colonial rule in World War I. It lasted from about 18 December 1914 to 6 February 1917 with the death of its leader, King Mandume yaNdemufayo, by South African forces in Namibia. The war pitted Portuguese troops, commanded by General António Júlio da Costa Pereira de Eça, against an Ovambo army, composed mainly of fighters from the Oukwanyama clan. (en)
- 52 killed
- 57 wounded
- ----
- Supported by:
- Portugal
- *Portuguese Angola
- *(from 1917)
- Ovambo
- 1914-12-18 (xsd:date)
- * Portuguese sovereignty in southern Angola restored
- Portuguese Victory
- 5,000
- 700
- 500 – 1,000 African auxiliaries
- 50,000 – 150,000 (Only 5,000 – 20,000 had guns)
- https://namibian-studies.com/index.php/JNS/article/view/544%7Cjournal=Journal
- https://www.nomos-elibrary.de/10.5771/9783845271606/naulila-1914-world-war-i-in-angola-and-international-law%7Cyear=2016
- https://www.jstor.org/stable/2636959%7Cjournal=
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- Portuguese naval infantry in 1915. These soldiers were sent to Angola and fought in Mongua . (en)
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- Portugal * Portuguese Angola ---- * (en)
- Alves Roçadas (en)
- Pereira d'Eça (en)
- Mandume yaNdemufayo (en)
- Calola (en)
- Colonel de Jager (en)
- Ovambo Uprising (en)
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- South West Africa Campaign of World War I (en)
- Southern Portuguese Angola (en)
- Portuguese Victory * Portuguese sovereignty in southern Angola restored (en)
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- The Ovambo Uprising was an uprising against Portuguese colonial rule in World War I. It lasted from about 18 December 1914 to 6 February 1917 with the death of its leader, King Mandume yaNdemufayo, by South African forces in Namibia. The war pitted Portuguese troops, commanded by General António Júlio da Costa Pereira de Eça, against an Ovambo army, composed mainly of fighters from the Oukwanyama clan. (en)
- Ovambo Uprising (en)
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- Ovambo Uprising (en)
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