African theatre of World War I

The African theatre of the First World War comprises campaigns in North Africa instigated by the German and Ottoman empires, local rebellions against European colonial rule and Allied campaigns against the German colonies of Kamerun, Togoland, German South West Africa, and German East Africa. The campaigns were fought by German Schutztruppe, local resistance movements and forces of the British Empire, France, Italy, Belgium, and Portugal.

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1914 — 1918  Wikimedia, Wikidata
African theatre of World War I
theater of war, 

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1914-08-03T00:00:00Z

1918-11-23T00:00:00Z

1914 — 1918 African theatre of World War I

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AFDCM-05-077

AFDCM-04-097

SaltRiver4.7inchGunCarriageWorks

Embarque tropas para angola 1

Rhodesia Regiment in Cape Town 1914

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Troops bound for Nyasaland during World War 1

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1914	African theatre of World War I	theater of war	Wikidata
commons	image		AFDCM-05-077		Commons
commons	image		AFDCM-04-097		Commons
commons	image		SaltRiver4.7inchGunCarriageWorks		Commons
commons	image		Embarque tropas para angola 1		Commons
commons	image		Rhodesia Regiment in Cape Town 1914		Commons
commons	image		Admiral-Geprat-na-predstavi-Ivkova-slava		Commons
commons	image		Troops bound for Nyasaland during World War 1		Commons