Category: African history

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Sub-Saharan Africa 1908: Belgian Congo
Sub-Saharan Africa 1908
Belgian Congo

News of atrocities in the Congo Free...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1910: Union of South Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa 1910
Union of South Africa

In the wake of the Second Boer War...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1911: Neukamerun
Sub-Saharan Africa 1911
Neukamerun

In 1911 France sent troops to...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1913: French invasion of the Tibesti
Sub-Saharan Africa 1913
French invasion of the Tibesti

The Anglo–French Treaty of 1899...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1914: Amalgamation of Nigeria
Sub-Saharan Africa 1914
Amalgamation of Nigeria

By the 1910s the British had mostly...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1914: Outbreak of the Great War
Sub-Saharan Africa 1914
Outbreak of the Great War

In July 1914 World War I broke out...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1914: Opening Shots in Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa 1914
Opening Shots in Africa

With the onset of World War I, the...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1914: Maritz Rebellion
Sub-Saharan Africa 1914
Maritz Rebellion

Just twelve years after the Second...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1915: Early Victories of the Schutztruppe
Sub-Saharan Africa 1915
Early Victories of the Schutztruppe

The Maritz rebellion forced South...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1915: South West Africa Campaign
Sub-Saharan Africa 1915
South West Africa Campaign

The defeat of the last of Maritz’s...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1915: Conquest of Kamerun
Sub-Saharan Africa 1915
Conquest of Kamerun

Despite the setbacks of 1914, by...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1916: Senussi and Darfur Campaigns
Sub-Saharan Africa 1916
Senussi and Darfur Campaigns

When Italy entered World War I in...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1916: East African Campaign
Sub-Saharan Africa 1916
East African Campaign

By March 1916 the Allies had...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1917: Kaocen Revolt
Sub-Saharan Africa 1917
Kaocen Revolt

The British defeated the Senussi...

Sub-Saharan Africa 1917: Conquest of German East Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa 1917
Conquest of German East Africa

By the beginning of 1917 the Allies...

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