German Kamerun campaign

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The German Kamerun campaign was a World War I military operation in which Allied forces, including British, French, and Belgian troops, invaded and eventually conquered the German colony of Kamerun in West Africa.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I campaign
military campaign
aftermath League of Nations mandates over former German Kamerun
alsoKnownAs Cameroon campaign NERFINISHED
Kamerun campaign NERFINISHED
belligerent Belgian Congo NERFINISHED
Belgium NERFINISHED
British Nigeria NERFINISHED
France
French Equatorial Africa NERFINISHED
German Empire
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
cause outbreak of World War I in Africa
commandedBy Carl Zimmermann NERFINISHED
Charles Dobell NERFINISHED
Frederick Hugh Cunliffe NERFINISHED
Joseph Gaudérique Aymerich NERFINISHED
conflict World War I
endedWith surrender of remaining German forces in Kamerun in 1916
endTime 1916-02
involvedForce Force Publique NERFINISHED
French colonial troops
West African Frontier Force NERFINISHED
location German Kamerun NERFINISHED
Kamerun NERFINISHED
West Africa NERFINISHED
notableBattle Battle of Edea NERFINISHED
Battle of Garua NERFINISHED
Battle of Jaunde NERFINISHED
Battle of Kusseri NERFINISHED
Battle of Ngaundere NERFINISHED
Battle of Nsanakong NERFINISHED
Siege of Mora NERFINISHED
objective seizure of German Kamerun from the German Empire
opponent German colonial forces in Kamerun
partOf African theatre of World War I NERFINISHED
relatedTo East African campaign NERFINISHED
Togoland campaign NERFINISHED
result Allied victory
conquest of German Kamerun
partition of Kamerun between Britain and France
startTime 1914-08
strategy multi-front invasion from Nigeria, French Equatorial Africa, and Belgian Congo
territorialChange German Kamerun divided into British Cameroons and French Cameroun mandates
German Kamerun occupied by Allied forces
theatre colonial warfare in Africa

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West African Frontier Force theaterOfOperations German Kamerun campaign
German Kamerun conflict German Kamerun campaign
this entity surface form: Kamerun campaign
German Kamerun conflict German Kamerun campaign
this entity surface form: World War I African theatre