South West Africa campaign and were able to occupy the Humbe region in southern Angola until Portuguese control was restored a few days before the successful South Africa South West Africa Campaign defeated them. South African casualties were died of injury or illness and German casualties were field guns and 22 machine-guns captured. After defeating the German force in South West Africa, South Africa occupied the colony and then administered it as a League of Nations mandate territory from 1919. Although the South African government desired to incorporate South West Africa into its territory, it never officially did so, although it was administered as
South West Africa Command South West Africa Command South West Africa Command was a command of the South African Army. South West Africa Command was one of the South African Defence Force’s regional commands, which made up the Territorial Force. Based in Windhoek, it was initially responsible for the security of entire South West Africa, forming the main level of command for military operations providing logistic, administrative and service support to all units and formations operating in its area of responsibility as well as support for the Police. South West Africa Command was established in 1939 under a Union Government Proclamation, No 234 of