Yaƙin Waterberg

Yaƙin Waterberg (Yaƙin Ohamakari)  ya faru ne a ranar 11 ga Agusta, 1904, a Waterberg, Jamus ta Kudu maso Yammacin Afirka (Namibia ta zamani), kuma ya kasance babban yaƙi a yakin Jamus da aka yi da Herero .

 Sojoji 
Sojojin Daular Jamus suna karkashin umurnin Lieutenant Janar Lothar von Trotha kuma sun ƙidaya sama da 1,500. Suna dauke da bindigogi na zamani 1,625 da bindigogi 30 da bindigori 14.

Herero suna karkashin umurnin Samuel Maharero kuma - a cikin tsammanin tattaunawar zaman lafiya - sun tara wasu mayaƙa 3,500-6,000 tare da iyalansu.Irwing, Keith, ed. (2013). "Battle of Waterberg - 11 August 1904 - Pt 1". Namibia-1on1. Archived from the original on 16 October 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2023.Irwing, Keith, ed. (2013). "Battle of Waterberg Pt 2 - 12 August 1904". Namibia-1on1. Archived from the original on 16 September 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2023.   Adadin Hereros a yankin an kiyasta shi a 25,000 zuwa 50,000. Wasu daga cikinsu suna dauke da makamai na gargajiya da ake kira Kirri.

 Shirye-shiryen yaƙi 
Daga budewar Herero Wars a watan Janairun 1904 har zuwa 11 ga Yuni, 1904, Gwamnan mulkin mallaka Colonel Theodor Leutwein ne ya jagoranci kokarin soja na Jamus. Leutwein ya haɗu da manufofin matsin lamba na soja tare da sadarwa tare da Herero don tattaunawa game da sasantawa ga tashin hankali. Jamusawa sun sami nasarar soja a cikin jerin rikice-rikice kafin su kusurwo kan Herero a Waterberg Plateau. Koyaya, Kaiserreich ya maye gurbin Leutwein da Lieutenant Janar Lothar von Trotha, yana sa ran Trotha ya kawo ƙarshen tawaye tare da nasarar soja.

 Yaƙi 
An fara aiwatar da shirin yaƙi na Trotha a ranar 11 ga watan Agusta, 1904, bayan da aka tara sojoji da kayayyaki. Kwamandan Jamus ya yi niyyar wani ɓangare na sojojinsa don matsa Herero a kudancin Plateau tare da ginshiƙai daga gabas da yamma yayin da wasu ginshiƙan biyu za su rufe hanyar tserewa zuwa kudu da kudu maso gabas. Kwamandan ginshiƙan toshewa na kudu maso gabas, duk da haka, ya kasa sarrafa dakarunsa zuwa matsayi a cikin lokaci, da kuma sanar da wannan gaskiyar ga Trotha. A halin yanzu, ginshiƙi na yammacin da ke ci gaba bai tsaya a layin da aka zaɓa ba kuma ya matsa Herero ta hanyar rata da ba a rufe ba wanda ya haifar da gazawar sojojin kudu maso gabas. Yawancin Herero da da shanu sun tsere zuwa gabas zuwa cikin hamadar Omaheke.
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