Togoland Campaign
The Togoland Campaign (9–26 August 1914) was a French and British invasion of the German colony of Togoland in west Africa, during the West African Campaign of the First World War. German colonial forces withdrew from the capital Lomé and the coastal province and then fought delaying actions on the route north to Kamina, where a new wireless station linked Berlin to Togoland, the Atlantic and South America. The main British and French force from the neighbouring colonies of Gold Coast and Dahomey, advanced from the coast up the road and railway, as smaller forces converged on Kamina from the north. The German defenders were able to delay the invaders for several days at the battles of Agbeluvhoe and Chra but surrendered the colony on 26 August 1914. In 1916, Togoland was partitioned by the
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Togoland Campaign
The Togoland Campaign (9–26 August 1914) was a French and British invasion of the German colony of Togoland in west Africa, during the West African Campaign of the First World War. German colonial forces withdrew from the capital Lomé and the coastal province and then fought delaying actions on the route north to Kamina, where a new wireless station linked Berlin to Togoland, the Atlantic and South America. The main British and French force from the neighbouring colonies of Gold Coast and Dahomey, advanced from the coast up the road and railway, as smaller forces converged on Kamina from the north. The German defenders were able to delay the invaders for several days at the battles of Agbeluvhoe and Chra but surrendered the colony on 26 August 1914. In 1916, Togoland was partitioned by the
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Das heutige Togo war seit 1884 ...... t binnen eines Monats besetzt.
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Kampania togijska – szereg dzi ...... emieckim na terenie Togolandu.
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The Togoland Campaign (9–26 Au ...... as League of Nations mandates.
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Тоголендская кампания (9-26 ав ...... ндатные территории Лиги Наций.
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*French Dahomey
*Gold Coast
German Empire
date
1914-08-26
result
Allied victory
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693–1,500 (including reservists)
British: 600
France: 500
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British troops in Togoland in 1914
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Hans-Georg von Döring
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Paramilitary and police forces
Tirailleurs Senegalais
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Das heutige Togo war seit 1884 ...... t binnen eines Monats besetzt.
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Kampania togijska – szereg dzi ...... emieckim na terenie Togolandu.
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The Togoland Campaign (9–26 Au ...... ogoland was partitioned by the
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Тоголендская кампания (9-26 ав ...... мецкие войска смогли задержать
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Kampania togijska
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Togo im Ersten Weltkrieg
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Togoland Campaign
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Тоголендская кампания
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Togoland Campaign
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