Kamerun campaign
The Kamerun campaign took place in the German colony of Kamerun in the African theatre of the First World War when the British, French and Belgians invaded the German colony from August 1914 to March 1916. Most of the campaign took place in Kamerun but skirmishes also broke out in British Nigeria. By the Spring of 1916, following Allied victories, the majority of German troops and the civil administration fled to the neighbouring neutral colony of Spanish Guinea (Río Muni). The campaign ended in a defeat for Germany and the partition of its former colony between France and Britain.
| Kamerun campaign | |||||||||
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| Part of the African theatre of World War I | |||||||||
British QF 12-pounder 8 cwt firing at Fort Dachang in 1915 | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Charles M. Dobell Frederick H. Cunliffe Joseph G. Aymerich Félix Fuchs |
Karl Ebermaier Carl H. Zimmermann | ||||||||
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WAFF WIR Force Publique | Schutztruppe | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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British: 1,668 French: 7,000 Belgian: 600 Total: 9,000 |
1914: 1,855 1915: 6,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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British: 917 French: 906 | 5,000 | ||||||||
| hundreds to thousands of Duala civilians killed | |||||||||
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