Sub-Saharan Africa 1922: League of Nations Mandates

20 July 1922
20 Jul 1922
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League of Nations Mandates
10 Aug 1920 Africa and the Peace Treaties
20 Jul 1922 League of Nations Mandates
15 Jul 1924 Anglo-Italian Convention
16 Nov 1925 Campaign of the Sultanates
27 Apr 1929 Trans-African Routes
17 Apr 1931 Africa during the Great Depression
16 Jan 1935 Abyssinia Crisis
09 May 1936 Second Italo-Ethiopian War
04 Feb 1939 Spanish Civil War in Africa
Following the Treaty of Versailles the newly-formed League of Nations granted the victorious Allies mandates over the colonies they had conquered from the Germans. South West Africa was designated a Class C Mandate—to be administered as an integral territory—and assigned to South Africa in December 1920. The other former German territories in Africa were designated as Class B Mandates—to be administered with regard to local culture and religion—and assigned to Britain, France, and Belgium in July 1922.