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African theatre of World War I information


For the conflict also known as "Africa's First World War", see First Congo War.
See also: List of uprisings against Entente powers during World War I
African theatre of World War I
Part of World War I

German trenches in Garoua, German Cameroon
Date3 August 1914 – 25 November 1918
(4 years, 3 months, 3 weeks and 1 day)
Location
Africa
Result Allied victory
Territorial
changes
  • Annexation of the German colonies by the Allies
  • Termination of residual Ottoman rights in Tripolitania
  • Annexation of the Sultanate of Darfur by Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
Belligerents

Entente Powers:

African theatre of World War I United Kingdom
  • African theatre of World War I South Africa
  • African theatre of World War I India
  • African theatre of World War I Gold Coast
  • African theatre of World War I Nigeria
  • African theatre of World War I East Africa
  • African theatre of World War I Rhodesia
  • African theatre of World War I Nyasaland
  • African theatre of World War I Uganda
  • African theatre of World War I Australia
  • African theatre of World War I New Zealand
  • African theatre of World War I Egypt
  • African theatre of World War I Sudan
  • African theatre of World War I Somaliland
African theatre of World War I France
  • African theatre of World War I West Africa
  • African theatre of World War I Equatorial Africa
  • African theatre of World War I Morocco
Belgium Belgium
  • African theatre of World War I Congo
African theatre of World War I Portugal
  • African theatre of World War I Angola
  • African theatre of World War I Mozambique
African theatre of World War I Italy (1915–18)
  • African theatre of World War I Tripolitania
  • African theatre of World War I Cyrenaica
  • African theatre of World War I Eritrea
  • African theatre of World War I Somaliland

Central Powers:

African theatre of World War I Germany
  • African theatre of World War I Togoland
  • African theatre of World War I Kamerun
  • African theatre of World War I South West Africa
  • African theatre of World War I East Africa
  • Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire
  • Co-belligerents:
  • South African Republic South African Republic[a]
  • African theatre of World War I Senussi Order[b]
  • African theatre of World War I Sultanate of Darfur[c]
  • African theatre of World War I Dervish Movement[d]
  • Supported by:
  • African theatre of World War I Ethiopia[1] (1915–1916)
Commanders and leaders
  • Union of South Africa Louis Botha
  • Union of South Africa Jan Smuts
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charles Dobell
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Reginald Hoskins
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland William Peyton
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Reginald Wingate
  • French Third Republic Joseph Aymerich
  • French Third Republic François Clozel
  • French Third Republic Hubert Lyautey
  • Belgium Félix Fuchs
  • Belgium Charles Tombeur
  • Belgium Armand Huyghé
  • First Portuguese Republic Alves Roçadas
  • First Portuguese Republic Ferreira Gil
  • First Portuguese Republic João Pinto †
  • Kingdom of Italy Giovanni Ameglio
  • Kingdom of Italy Giacomo De Martino
  • German Empire Heinrich Schnee
  • German Empire Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck
  • German Empire Hans Georg von Doering
  • German Empire Karl Ebermaier
  • German Empire Carl Zimmermann
  • German Empire Theodor Seitz
  • German Empire Joachim von Heydebreck †
  • German Empire Victor Franke
  • Ottoman Empire Nuri Pasha
  • Ottoman Empire Jafar Pasha
  • South African Republic Manie Maritz
  • African theatre of World War I Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi
  • Sultanate of Darfur Ali Dinar †
  • African theatre of World War I Mohammed Abdullah Hassan
Casualties and losses
750,000 African civilians dead from famine and disease[2]

The African theatre of the First World War comprises campaigns in North Africa instigated by the German and Ottoman empires, local rebellions against European colonial rule and Allied campaigns against the German colonies of Kamerun, Togoland, German South West Africa, and German East Africa. The campaigns were fought by German Schutztruppe, local resistance movements and forces of the British Empire, France, Italy, Belgium, and Portugal.[e]


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  1. ^ Tucker & Roberts 2006, p. 43.
  2. ^ "War Losses (Africa)". 1914–1918 Online Encyclopedia. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  3. ^ Skinner & Stacke 1922, p. 331.

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