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

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