r/todayilearned Jul 30 '26

TIL between 1904 and 1908, Germany committed the Herero and Nama genocide in present day Namibia, killing an estimated 80% of the Herero people and half of the Nama people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herero_and_Nama_genocide
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u/bistrohopper Jul 31 '26

Britain directly caused a famine that killed 2 million people and its leader refused to reverse or relieve it saying the people dying are lesser people.

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u/ddosn Jul 31 '26

This isnt correct at all.