Northern Africa, 04 Aug 1914: Outbreak of the Great War
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Political map of Northern Africa on 04 Aug 1914 (Scramble for Africa: Outbreak of the Great War), showing the following events: Violet Line; Ottoman-Saudi Treaty; Assassination of Franz Ferdinand; Outbreak of World War I; German declaration of war on Russia; French mobilization; German invasion of Belgium; British entry into World War I.

Egypt(Br. occ.)

Austria-
Hungary

Belgian

Congo(Bel.)

F r e n c h W e s t A f r i c a(Fr. col. fed.)

Kamerun(Ger. prot.)

Anglo-

Egyptian

Sudan(Br. adm.)

Southern Territories(Fr. terr.)

Morocco(Fr. prot.)

Tunisia(Fr. prot.)

Khiva(Rus. prot.)

French

Equatorial

Africa(Fr. col. fed.)

German
East Africa(Ger.)

East Africa
Protectorate(Br. prot.)

Aden prot.(Br. Ind. prot.)

Br. Som.(Br. prot.)

Italian
Somalia(It. prot.)

Darfur(A-E.S. vas.)

Ha'il(Ott. suz.)

Nejd
(Saudi)(Ott. suz.)

Cyprus(Br. adm.)

Cape Verde(Port.)

Canary Islands(Sp.)

Ivory
Coast(FWA)

Southern Zone(Sp. prot.)

Uganda(Br. prot.)

Middle
Congo(FEA)

Gold
Coast(Br.)

Fr. Guinea(FWA)

Pt. Guinea(Port.)

Liberia(int. sup.)

Upper Senegal
and Niger(FWA)

Mauritania(FWA terr.)

Sierra Leone(Br.)

Ubangi-Shari-
Chad(FEA)

Majerteenia(semi-indep)

Hobyo(semi-indep)

Cyrenaica(It. prot.)

Tripolitania(It. prot.)

`Anizzah(Ott. suz.)

Niger
Military Territory(FWA terr.)

Muscat
& Oman(Br. garr.)

Ifni(Sp. claim)

Dodec.(It. occ.)

S.T. & P.(Port.)

Zanzibar(Br. prot.)

Tangier(int. adm.)

Mar 1914Anglo-Ottoman
agreement
on Violet Line

May 1914Saudis recognize
Ottoman suzerainty

28 Jun 1914Austrian Archduke
assassinated at Sarajevo

28 Jul 1914Austria-Hungary
declares war on Serbia

1 Aug 1914Germany declares
war on Russia

1 Aug 1914France mobilizes
against Germany

4 Aug 1914Germany launches
invasion of France
through Belgium

4 Aug 1914Britain declares
war on Germany

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