East African campaign
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Was a series of battles and guerrilla actions during World War I, which started in German East Africa (GEA) and spread to portions of Mozambique, Rhodesia, British East Africa, Uganda, and Belgian Congo.
Chronology
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Was the conquest of Taveta (Kenya) by German forces during World War I.
August 1914: Taveta, a town on the British side of Kilimanjaro, was captured by two companies of Askari (German colonial troops) from German East Africa.
Was the British offensive against German forces in the East Africa Campaign of World War I.
July 1916: British conquest of Bukoba.
July 1916: British conquest of Mwanza.
March 1916: British conquest of Taveta.
April 1916: British conquest of Arusha.
August 1916: British conquest of Morogoro.
September 1916: British conquest of Kilwa and Lindi.
June 1916: British conquest of Handeni.
March 1916: British conquest of Moshi.
April 1916: British conquest of Kondoa-Irangi.
August 1916: British conquest of Malangali.
September 1916: British conquest of Dar-Es-Salaam.
August 1916: British conquest of Iringa.
August 1916: British conquest of Dodoma, Kilosa.
Was the Belgian offensive against German forces in the East Africa Campaign of World War I.
September 1917: To prevent Belgian claims on German territory in a post-war settlement, South African military leader Jan Smuts ordered their forces to return to the Congo, leaving them as occupiers only in Rwanda and Burundi.
October 1917: British conquest of Mahenge.
September 1916: Belgian conquest of Tabora.
May 1916: Belgian conquest of Kigali.
August 1916: Belgian conquest of Ujiji.
Was the German invasion of Portuguese Mozambique during World War I.
November 1917: German conquest of Ngomano.
July 1918: German conquest of Namacurra.
July 1918: German conquest of Namirrue.
September 1918: German conquest of Numarroe.
Was the British intervention in Portuguese Mozambique against German forces during World War I.
May 1918: British conquest of Korewa.
July 1918: British conquest of Mozambique.
July 1918: British conquest of Quelimane.
January 1918: British conquest of Port Amelia.
April 1918: British conquest of Medo.
Was the German invasion of Rhodesia during World War I.
November 1918: On 13 November, two days after the Armistice was signed in France, the German Army took Kasama, which had been evacuated by the British.
After the surrender of Germany in Europe, the troops of General Lettow-Vorbeck in German East Africa surrendered.
November 1918: When German general Lettow-Vorbeck received a telegram announcing the signing of the armistice by Germany, he agreed to a cease-fire. He marched his force to Abercorn and formally surrendered to the Entente on 25 November 1918. All the territories occupied by German forces in eastern Africa were freed, and the German colonies occupied.
Selected Sources
Strachan, H. (2001): The First World War: To Arms. Vol. I, New York: Oxford University Press, p. 641
The Great War in East Africa. Wikipedia. Retrieved on 21 April 2021 on https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:World_War_I_in_East_Africa.jpg
