German South-West Africa seized by South African forces in 1915 and ruled by South Africa under a League of Nations mandate — retained in defiance of the UN after 1966, through the Border War, until Namibian independence in 1990.
Became independent Namibia on 21 March 1990.
The atlas holds 4 border frames for South West Africa — the shape you scrub through changes in 1915 · 1945 · 1961 · 1975.
The standard one-volume history: German rule, the South African mandate, the liberation war, independence.