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West Africa Campaign (World War I)

African Theatre
Part of World War I
German trenches in Garua.jpg
German trenches in Garua, Kamerun
Date August 3, 1914 – November 23, 1918
(4 years, 3 months, 2 weeks and 6 days)
Location Northern, eastern, western and south-western Africa
Result Allied victory
Belligerents

Entente Powers:

 Liberia (from 1917)

Central Powers:

 Ottoman Empire

Logistics support by:
Ethiopian Empire (1915-16)

Co-belligerents:
Sultanate of Darfur
Senussi rebels
South African Republic South African Republic

Dervish State
Commanders and leaders
United Kingdom Reginald Wingate
France François Joseph Clozel
Belgium Félix Fuchs
Belgium Eugène Henry
Italy Giacomo De Martino
Portugal Alves Roçadas
Portugal Ferreira Gil
Union of South Africa Louis Botha
Union of South Africa Jan Smuts

German Empire Heinrich Schnee
German Empire Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck
German Empire Karl Ebermaier
German Empire Hans-Georg von Döring
German Empire Theodor Seitz
Ottoman Empire Jafar al-Askari

Ali Dinar †
Ahmed Sharif as-Senussi
South African Republic Manie Maritz
Sayyid Mohammed Abdullah Hassan

Entente Powers:

Central Powers:

 Ottoman Empire

Logistics support by:
Ethiopian Empire (1915-16)

Co-belligerents:
Sultanate of Darfur
Senussi rebels
South African Republic South African Republic


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