French Togoland

This article is about the specific polity French Togoland and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Was a French colony created on 27 December 1916 when German Togoland, which had been occupied since 1914, was separated into a French and British administrative zone. In 1960 it became the independent Togolese Republic.

Establishment

Chronology

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1. World War I

Was a global conflict between two coalitions, the Allies (primarily France, the United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the United States) and the Central Powers (led by Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire). It was mainly caused by the competition of the western countries over domain in Europe and in the rest of the world with their colonial empires. The war ended with the defeat of the Central Powers. The war also caused the Russian Revolution and the ensuing Russian Civil War.

1.1.World War I African Theatre

Was the African Theatre of World War I.

1.1.1.Togoland Campaign

Was a French and British invasion of the German colony of Togoland in West Africa, which began the West African campaign of the First World War.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

Disestablishment