The German Colonial War (German: Kolonialkrieg) was fought between the German armed forces and colonial Schutztruppe and the emerging nationalist movements in Germany's African colonies between 1961 and 1990. The German Empire began to crumble in 1989, and the change in government brought the conflict to an end. The war was a decisive ideological struggle in Africa and surrounding nations, and mainland Germany.
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| - The German Colonial War (German: Kolonialkrieg) was fought between the German armed forces and colonial Schutztruppe and the emerging nationalist movements in Germany's African colonies between 1961 and 1990. The German Empire began to crumble in 1989, and the change in government brought the conflict to an end. The war was a decisive ideological struggle in Africa and surrounding nations, and mainland Germany.
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- 65000(xsd:integer)
- 148000(xsd:integer)
- Angola:18,000 guerrillas
- Namibia: 32,000 guerrillas in 1989
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| Casualties
| - Angola:50,000+
- Angola:8289
- Namibia: 2038 - 2500.
- Namibia:11,335
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| Result
| - German military victory in Angola and Namibia.
Independence of German territories in Africa involved in the conflict after the in Germany in November 1989.
Subsequent withdrawal of all German troops from Africa under the Afrikaner agreements.
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| - The German Colonial War (German: Kolonialkrieg) was fought between the German armed forces and colonial Schutztruppe and the emerging nationalist movements in Germany's African colonies between 1961 and 1990. The German Empire began to crumble in 1989, and the change in government brought the conflict to an end. The war was a decisive ideological struggle in Africa and surrounding nations, and mainland Germany. Like Portugal, Germany did not withdraw from its African colonies. During the 1960s, various armed independence movements became active in these Portugal-administered territories, namely in Angola, South-West Africa, and the German Congo. During the ensuing conflict, atrocities were committed by all forces involved. The decolonization and independence of several African states after World War II, the Invasion of Goa by Indian Armed Forces and the Congo Crisis, as well as the achievements of the African-American Civil Rights Movement, were also signs of the "Winds of change" supporting independence movements in Africa. By the 1980's, the war had become increasingly unpopular due to its length and financial costs. The combined guerrilla forces of the MPLA, the FNLA, and UNITA, in Angola, and PLAN in South-West Africa, succeeded in their 28-year-long pro-independence rebellion through guerrilla warfare, when Germany was falling to revolution in November 1989. The former colonies overall gained much prosperity after independence. The exception being a devastating and violent civil war followed in Angola, which lasted over a decade after German withdrawal, claimed millions of lives and resulted in large numbers of displaced refugees. The end of the German colonial empire, as well as the war, was made official with the signing of the Afrikaner Accords on September 12, 1990.
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