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  • African theatre of World War I
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  • The African Theatre of World War I comprises geographically distinct campaigns around the German colonies of Kamerun, Togoland, German South-West Africa, and German East Africa. The conflict was fought between German colonial troops or Schutztruppe and the Allied forces which included those of the British Empire, France, Belgium, and Portugal.
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Date
  • --08-03
Commander
  • Louis Botha
  • Eugène Henry
  • Félix Fuchs
  • Giacomo De Martino
  • Heinrich Albert Schnee
  • Jan Smuts
  • Martial Henri Merlin
  • Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck
  • Reginald Wingate
Caption
  • European colonies and main allied campaigns against German territories.
Result
  • Allied victory in most colonies;
  • Tactical German victory in East Africa
combatant
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  • Kingdom of Italy
  • ---- 22px Senussi
  • South African Republic
  • United Kingdom * * British India * Union of South Africa
Place
  • Kamerun, Togoland, German South-West Africa, German East Africa, Northern Rhodesia, Mozambique, Union of South Africa, Angola, French Morocco, British Somaliland
Conflict
  • African Theatre
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  • The African Theatre of World War I comprises geographically distinct campaigns around the German colonies of Kamerun, Togoland, German South-West Africa, and German East Africa. The conflict was fought between German colonial troops or Schutztruppe and the Allied forces which included those of the British Empire, France, Belgium, and Portugal.
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