East African campaign

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military campaign

The East African campaign was a World War I theater of operations in which Allied and German colonial forces fought across German East Africa and neighboring territories in a prolonged guerrilla-style conflict.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
East African Campaign	2
East African campaign canonical	2
East African Campaign (World War I)	1
East African campaign (World War I)	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military campaign ⓘ
belligerent	Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ British India NERFINISHED ⓘ Force Publique NERFINISHED ⓘ German Empire ⓘ German Schutztruppe NERFINISHED ⓘ King's African Rifles NERFINISHED ⓘ Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhodesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ South African Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Union of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
casualties	high African civilian casualties from disease and famine ⓘ
commander	Charles Crewe NERFINISHED ⓘ Horace Smith-Dorrien NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacques NERFINISHED ⓘ Jan Smuts NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictOf	World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryInvolved	Belgian Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ British East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ German East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Portuguese Mozambique NERFINISHED ⓘ Union of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
effect	devastation of local economies in East Africa ⓘ large-scale displacement of African civilians ⓘ spread of disease and famine in East Africa ⓘ
endTime	1918 ⓘ
hasMainCharacter	Jan Smuts NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Battle of Jassin NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Kilimanjaro NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Salaita Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Tanga NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Tanganyika naval campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Rufiji River operations NERFINISHED ⓘ invasion of Portuguese Mozambique ⓘ operations in Northern Rhodesia ⓘ
location	Belgian Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ British East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ German East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Lake Tanganyika NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Rhodesia NERFINISHED ⓘ Portuguese Mozambique NERFINISHED ⓘ Rufiji River NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	guerrilla warfare ⓘ prolonged low-intensity conflict ⓘ use of colonial troops ⓘ
partOf	African theatre of World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Allied victory ⓘ German forces remained undefeated in the field ⓘ surrender of German forces in November 1918 ⓘ
significantUnit	Force Publique NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Expeditionary Force B NERFINISHED ⓘ King's African Rifles NERFINISHED ⓘ Schutztruppe for German East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ South African Expeditionary Force NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	1914 ⓘ
strategy	mobile guerrilla tactics ⓘ war of attrition against Allied forces ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Campaigns of World War I → hasPart → East African campaign ⓘ

King's African Rifles → conflict → East African campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: East African Campaign (World War I)

7th Indian Infantry Brigade → theatre → East African campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: East African Campaign

Dan Pienaar → conflict → East African campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: East African Campaign

Union Defence Force → conflict → East African campaign ⓘ

Imperial Service Troops → notableEngagement → East African campaign ⓘ

this entity surface form: East African campaign (World War I)