Cameroons campaign

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The Cameroons campaign was a World War I military operation in which Allied forces, including British colonial troops, fought to seize the German colony of Kamerun in West Africa.

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Label Occurrences
Cameroons Campaign (World War I) 1
Cameroons campaign canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I campaign ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cameroon campaign ⓘ
Kamerun campaign ⓘ
belligerent Allies of World War I ⓘ
Belgian Congo ⓘ
Belgium ⓘ
British Nigeria ⓘ
France ⓘ
French Equatorial Africa ⓘ
German Empire ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
cause Allied objective to eliminate German colonial presence in West Africa ⓘ
commanderForAllies Charles Dobell ⓘ
Frederick Hugh Cunliffe ⓘ
commanderForGermany Carl Zimmermann ⓘ
Hans Dominik ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
endDate 1916-02-18 ⓘ
follows outbreak of World War I in Africa ⓘ
involvedMilitaryForce Belgian colonial troops ⓘ
British colonial troops ⓘ
French colonial troops ⓘ
German colonial forces ⓘ
location Cameroon ⓘ
German Kamerun ⓘ
Kamerun ⓘ
linked to: Cameroon

West Africa ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Garua ⓘ
Battle of Kusseri ⓘ
Battle of Mora ⓘ
Battle of Nsanakong ⓘ
Siege of Mora ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Mora
objective seizure of the German colony of Kamerun ⓘ
partOf African theatre of World War I ⓘ
predecessor German colonization of Kamerun ⓘ
relatedTo East African campaign ⓘ
South-West Africa campaign ⓘ
Togoland campaign ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
partition of Kamerun among Allied powers ⓘ
surrender of German forces in Kamerun ⓘ
startDate 1914-08-04 ⓘ
territorialChange German Kamerun occupied by Allied forces ⓘ
division of Kamerun between Britain and France ⓘ
theatre African theatre of World War I ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Gold Coast Regiment → conflict → Cameroons Campaign (World War I) ⓘ
linked to: Cameroons campaign