The West Africa Campaign of World War I consisted of two relatively small military operations to capture the German colonies in West Africa: Togoland, and Kamerun. Togoland was captured in a few weeks in 1914, but Kamerun resisted until February 1916.
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| - West African Campaign (World War I)
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| - The West Africa Campaign of World War I consisted of two relatively small military operations to capture the German colonies in West Africa: Togoland, and Kamerun. Togoland was captured in a few weeks in 1914, but Kamerun resisted until February 1916.
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Strength
| - * Kamerun theater
3,400 in 1914, ~6,000 men in Nov. 1915
* Togoland
~1,500
- Kamerun theater
19,000
Togoland theater
* 500 men
* 600 men
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Commander
| - Gen. Karl Zimmermann
Major Hans-Georg von Döring
Captain Georg Pfähler
- Brig.-Gen. C.M. Dobell
Lt.-Col. F.C. Bryant
Col. E.H. Gorges
Brig. Joseph Aymerich
Col. Mayer
Col. Brisset
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Caption
| - African troops in German Kamerun
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Casualties
| - 2000(xsd:integer)
- 5000(xsd:integer)
- African forces:
- Cameroon theatre
- European forces:
- Togoland theatre
- killed: 44
- killed: 474
- wounded: 1,110
- wounded: 77
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Result
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combatant
| - German Empire
* Togoland
* Kamerun
- British Empire
* Gold Coast
* British Nigeria
France
* French Equatorial Africa
Belgium
* Belgian Congo
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Place
| - Kamerun, Togoland, British Nigeria
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Conflict
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abstract
| - The West Africa Campaign of World War I consisted of two relatively small military operations to capture the German colonies in West Africa: Togoland, and Kamerun. Togoland was captured in a few weeks in 1914, but Kamerun resisted until February 1916.
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