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Kamerun campaign

Kamerun Campaign
Part of the African theatre of World War I
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British 12-pounder firing at Fort Dachang in 1915
Date 6 August 1914 – 10 March 1916
(1 year, 7 months and 4 days)
Location German Kamerun and British Nigeria
03°52′N 11°31′E / 3.867°N 11.517°E / 3.867; 11.517Coordinates: 03°52′N 11°31′E / 3.867°N 11.517°E / 3.867; 11.517
Result Allied victory
Territorial
changes
Kamerun divided into League of Nations mandates under British and French rule (1919)
Belligerents

United Kingdom United Kingdom

France France

 Belgium

German Empire German Empire

Commanders and leaders
Charles Macpherson Dobell
Frederick Hugh Cunliffe
Joseph Gaudérique Aymerich
Félix Fuchs
Karl Ebermaier
Carl Heinrich Zimmermann
Units involved
West African Frontier Force
West India Regiment
Force Publique
Schutztruppe (West Africa)
Strength
United Kingdom: 1,668
France: 7,000
Belgian Congo: 600
Total c. 9,000
1914: 1,855
1915: 6,000
Casualties and losses
Britain: 917
France: 906
German Empire: c. 5,000

United Kingdom United Kingdom

France France

 Belgium

German Empire German Empire

The Kamerun Campaign took place in the German colony of Kamerun in the African theatre of the First World War when the British, French and Belgians invaded the German colony from August 1914 to March 1916. Most of the campaign took place in Kamerun but skirmishes also broke out in British Nigeria. By the Spring of 1916, following Allied victories, the majority of German troops and the civil administration fled to the neighbouring neutral colony of Spanish Guinea (Río Muni). The campaign ended in a defeat for Germany and the partition of its former colony between France and Britain.


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