East African Campaign (World War I)
| East African Campaign | |||||||||
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| Part of the African theatre of World War I | |||||||||
 A colonial Askari company ready to march in German East Africa (Deutsch-Ostafrika) |
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
 Jan Smuts Jacob van Deventer Charles Tombeur Armand Huyghé Ferreira Gil
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 Heinrich Schnee (POW) Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck
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| Strength | |||||||||
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British Empire: Initially: 2 battalions. Average: 12,000 to 20,000 soldiers Total: 250,000 soldiers |
Initially: 200 Europeans and 2,500 Africans Peak: 3,000 Europeans and 15,000 African soldiers End of war: 115 European and 1,168 African soldiers |
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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Total: 40,000+ casualties
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| 365,000 civilians and porters died, mainly of disease | |||||||||
22,000
11,189 soldiers killed 5,000
2,620 soldiers killed 12,000+
5,533 soldiers killed
5,640 soldiers missing/POW
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