African theatre of World War I

E814571

theatre of war

The African theatre of World War I comprised the campaigns and battles fought across various African colonies, where Allied and Central Powers clashed primarily over control of German colonial territories.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
African theatre of World War I canonical	3

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	theatre of war ⓘ
belligerent	Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ France ⓘ German Empire ⓘ Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ Union of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
characteristic	extensive use of African colonial troops ⓘ guerrilla warfare in East Africa ⓘ long supply lines and logistical difficulties ⓘ
conflictBetween	Allied Powers NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Powers NERFINISHED ⓘ
consequence	loss of German colonial empire in Africa ⓘ transfer of German African colonies to Allied mandates ⓘ
endTime	1918 ⓘ
impact	economic disruption in African colonies ⓘ political changes in African colonial administration after the war ⓘ significant civilian casualties in African regions of conflict ⓘ
includesCampaign	East African Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ North African Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ South-West African Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ West African Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvedPopulation	African porters ⓘ African soldiers ⓘ
involvedTerritory	Belgian Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ British colonies in Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ French colonies in Africa ⓘ German East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ German South-West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Kamerun NERFINISHED ⓘ Portuguese colonies in Africa ⓘ Togoland NERFINISHED ⓘ
location	Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainObjective	control of German colonial territories in Africa ⓘ
notableBattle	Battle of Sandfontein NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Tanga NERFINISHED ⓘ Kamerun campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Siege of Mora NERFINISHED ⓘ South-West Africa campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCommander	Jan Smuts NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Botha NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	League of Nations mandates NERFINISHED ⓘ Scramble for Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ colonialism in Africa ⓘ
result	Allied victory ⓘ
startTime	1914 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Campaigns of World War I → hasPart → African theatre of World War I ⓘ

Portuguese participation in World War I → theater → African theatre of World War I ⓘ

Allied forces → hadMajorFront → African theatre of World War I ⓘ

subject surface form: Allied forces (World War I)