East African campaign

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Was a series of battles and guerrilla actions during World War I, which started in German East Africa (GEA) and spread to portions of Mozambique, Rhodesia, British East Africa, Uganda, and Belgian Congo.

Chronology

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1. Fall of Taveta

Was the conquest of Taveta (Kenya) by German forces during World War I.

August 1914: Taveta, a town on the British side of Kilimanjaro, was captured by two companies of Askari (German colonial troops) from German East Africa.
August 1914: Taveta, a town on the British side of Kilimanjaro, was captured by two companies of Askari (German colonial troops) from German East Africa.

2. British Offensive (East African campaign)

Was the British offensive against German forces in the East Africa Campaign of World War I.

August 1916: British conquest of Morogoro.
September 1916: British conquest of Kilwa and Lindi.
March 1916: British conquest of Taveta.
July 1916: British conquest of Mwanza.
September 1916: British conquest of Dar-Es-Salaam.
July 1916: British conquest of Bukoba.
September 1916: British conquest of Kilwa and Lindi.
April 1916: British conquest of Arusha.
April 1916: British conquest of Arusha.
April 1916: British conquest of Kondoa-Irangi.
June 1916: British conquest of Handeni.
August 1916: British conquest of Malangali.
August 1916: British conquest of Malangali.
August 1916: British conquest of Dodoma, Kilosa.
September 1916: British conquest of Dar-Es-Salaam.
July 1916: British conquest of Mwanza.
March 1916: British conquest of Moshi.
August 1916: British conquest of Malangali.
August 1916: British conquest of Morogoro.
April 1916: British conquest of Kondoa-Irangi.
March 1916: British conquest of Taveta.
March 1916: British conquest of Moshi.
April 1916: British conquest of Arusha.
April 1916: British conquest of Arusha.
July 1916: British conquest of Mwanza.
August 1916: British conquest of Iringa.
September 1916: British conquest of Kilwa and Lindi.
July 1916: British conquest of Mwanza.
August 1916: British conquest of Morogoro.
August 1916: British conquest of Iringa.
April 1916: British conquest of Kondoa-Irangi.
August 1916: British conquest of Morogoro.
August 1916: British conquest of Malangali.
August 1916: British conquest of Dodoma, Kilosa.
September 1916: British conquest of Dar-Es-Salaam.
April 1916: British conquest of Kondoa-Irangi.
June 1916: British conquest of Handeni.
August 1916: British conquest of Dodoma, Kilosa.
July 1916: British conquest of Bukoba.
September 1916: British conquest of Kilwa and Lindi.
July 1916: British conquest of Bukoba.
July 1916: British conquest of Bukoba.
September 1916: British conquest of Dar-Es-Salaam.
August 1916: British conquest of Dodoma, Kilosa.

3. Belgian Offensive (East Africa Campaign)

Was the Belgian offensive against German forces in the East Africa Campaign of World War I.

September 1917: To prevent Belgian claims on German territory in a post-war settlement, South African military leader Jan Smuts ordered their forces to return to the Congo, leaving them as occupiers only in Rwanda and Burundi.
October 1917: British conquest of Mahenge.
May 1916: Belgian conquest of Kigali.
September 1916: Belgian conquest of Tabora.
September 1916: Belgian conquest of Tabora.
October 1917: British conquest of Mahenge.
October 1917: British conquest of Mahenge.
May 1916: Belgian conquest of Kigali.
September 1917: To prevent Belgian claims on German territory in a post-war settlement, South African military leader Jan Smuts ordered their forces to return to the Congo, leaving them as occupiers only in Rwanda and Burundi.
August 1916: Belgian conquest of Ujiji.
August 1916: Belgian conquest of Ujiji.
October 1917: British conquest of Mahenge.

4. German Invasion of Portuguese East Africa

Was the German invasion of Portuguese Mozambique during World War I.

July 1918: German conquest of Namacurra.
November 1917: German conquest of Ngomano.
September 1918: German conquest of Numarroe.
September 1918: German conquest of Numarroe.
November 1917: German conquest of Ngomano.
July 1918: German conquest of Namirrue.
July 1918: German conquest of Namacurra.
July 1918: German conquest of Namirrue.

5. British intervention in Portuguese East Africa

Was the British intervention in Portuguese Mozambique against German forces during World War I.

April 1918: British conquest of Medo.
July 1918: British conquest of Quelimane.
July 1918: British conquest of Mozambique.
July 1918: British conquest of Quelimane.
May 1918: British conquest of Korewa.
May 1918: British conquest of Korewa.
January 1918: British conquest of Port Amelia.
April 1918: British conquest of Medo.
April 1918: British conquest of Medo.
July 1918: British conquest of Quelimane.
July 1918: British conquest of Mozambique.
July 1918: British conquest of Quelimane.
April 1918: British conquest of Medo.
May 1918: British conquest of Korewa.
January 1918: British conquest of Port Amelia.
May 1918: British conquest of Korewa.

6. German Invasion of Rhodesia

Was the German invasion of Rhodesia during World War I.

November 1918: On 13 November, two days after the Armistice was signed in France, the German Army took Kasama, which had been evacuated by the British.

7. Surrender of German East Africa

After the surrender of Germany in Europe, the troops of General Lettow-Vorbeck in German East Africa surrendered.

November 1918: When German general Lettow-Vorbeck received a telegram announcing the signing of the armistice by Germany, he agreed to a cease-fire. He marched his force to Abercorn and formally surrendered to the Entente on 25 November 1918. All the territories occupied by German forces in eastern Africa were freed, and the German colonies occupied.
November 1918: When German general Lettow-Vorbeck received a telegram announcing the signing of the armistice by Germany, he agreed to a cease-fire. He marched his force to Abercorn and formally surrendered to the Entente on 25 November 1918. All the territories occupied by German forces in eastern Africa were freed, and the German colonies occupied.
November 1918: When German general Lettow-Vorbeck received a telegram announcing the signing of the armistice by Germany, he agreed to a cease-fire. He marched his force to Abercorn and formally surrendered to the Entente on 25 November 1918. All the territories occupied by German forces in eastern Africa were freed, and the German colonies occupied.
November 1918: When German general Lettow-Vorbeck received a telegram announcing the signing of the armistice by Germany, he agreed to a cease-fire. He marched his force to Abercorn and formally surrendered to the Entente on 25 November 1918. All the territories occupied by German forces in eastern Africa were freed, and the German colonies occupied.
November 1918: When German general Lettow-Vorbeck received a telegram announcing the signing of the armistice by Germany, he agreed to a cease-fire. He marched his force to Abercorn and formally surrendered to the Entente on 25 November 1918. All the territories occupied by German forces in eastern Africa were freed, and the German colonies occupied.
November 1918: When German general Lettow-Vorbeck received a telegram announcing the signing of the armistice by Germany, he agreed to a cease-fire. He marched his force to Abercorn and formally surrendered to the Entente on 25 November 1918. All the territories occupied by German forces in eastern Africa were freed, and the German colonies occupied.
November 1918: When German general Lettow-Vorbeck received a telegram announcing the signing of the armistice by Germany, he agreed to a cease-fire. He marched his force to Abercorn and formally surrendered to the Entente on 25 November 1918. All the territories occupied by German forces in eastern Africa were freed, and the German colonies occupied.
November 1918: When German general Lettow-Vorbeck received a telegram announcing the signing of the armistice by Germany, he agreed to a cease-fire. He marched his force to Abercorn and formally surrendered to the Entente on 25 November 1918. All the territories occupied by German forces in eastern Africa were freed, and the German colonies occupied.
November 1918: When German general Lettow-Vorbeck received a telegram announcing the signing of the armistice by Germany, he agreed to a cease-fire. He marched his force to Abercorn and formally surrendered to the Entente on 25 November 1918. All the territories occupied by German forces in eastern Africa were freed, and the German colonies occupied.
November 1918: When German general Lettow-Vorbeck received a telegram announcing the signing of the armistice by Germany, he agreed to a cease-fire. He marched his force to Abercorn and formally surrendered to the Entente on 25 November 1918. All the territories occupied by German forces in eastern Africa were freed, and the German colonies occupied.
November 1918: When German general Lettow-Vorbeck received a telegram announcing the signing of the armistice by Germany, he agreed to a cease-fire. He marched his force to Abercorn and formally surrendered to the Entente on 25 November 1918. All the territories occupied by German forces in eastern Africa were freed, and the German colonies occupied.
November 1918: When German general Lettow-Vorbeck received a telegram announcing the signing of the armistice by Germany, he agreed to a cease-fire. He marched his force to Abercorn and formally surrendered to the Entente on 25 November 1918. All the territories occupied by German forces in eastern Africa were freed, and the German colonies occupied.
November 1918: When German general Lettow-Vorbeck received a telegram announcing the signing of the armistice by Germany, he agreed to a cease-fire. He marched his force to Abercorn and formally surrendered to the Entente on 25 November 1918. All the territories occupied by German forces in eastern Africa were freed, and the German colonies occupied.
November 1918: When German general Lettow-Vorbeck received a telegram announcing the signing of the armistice by Germany, he agreed to a cease-fire. He marched his force to Abercorn and formally surrendered to the Entente on 25 November 1918. All the territories occupied by German forces in eastern Africa were freed, and the German colonies occupied.
November 1918: When German general Lettow-Vorbeck received a telegram announcing the signing of the armistice by Germany, he agreed to a cease-fire. He marched his force to Abercorn and formally surrendered to the Entente on 25 November 1918. All the territories occupied by German forces in eastern Africa were freed, and the German colonies occupied.
November 1918: When German general Lettow-Vorbeck received a telegram announcing the signing of the armistice by Germany, he agreed to a cease-fire. He marched his force to Abercorn and formally surrendered to the Entente on 25 November 1918. All the territories occupied by German forces in eastern Africa were freed, and the German colonies occupied.
November 1918: When German general Lettow-Vorbeck received a telegram announcing the signing of the armistice by Germany, he agreed to a cease-fire. He marched his force to Abercorn and formally surrendered to the Entente on 25 November 1918. All the territories occupied by German forces in eastern Africa were freed, and the German colonies occupied.
November 1918: When German general Lettow-Vorbeck received a telegram announcing the signing of the armistice by Germany, he agreed to a cease-fire. He marched his force to Abercorn and formally surrendered to the Entente on 25 November 1918. All the territories occupied by German forces in eastern Africa were freed, and the German colonies occupied.
November 1918: When German general Lettow-Vorbeck received a telegram announcing the signing of the armistice by Germany, he agreed to a cease-fire. He marched his force to Abercorn and formally surrendered to the Entente on 25 November 1918. All the territories occupied by German forces in eastern Africa were freed, and the German colonies occupied.
November 1918: When German general Lettow-Vorbeck received a telegram announcing the signing of the armistice by Germany, he agreed to a cease-fire. He marched his force to Abercorn and formally surrendered to the Entente on 25 November 1918. All the territories occupied by German forces in eastern Africa were freed, and the German colonies occupied.
November 1918: When German general Lettow-Vorbeck received a telegram announcing the signing of the armistice by Germany, he agreed to a cease-fire. He marched his force to Abercorn and formally surrendered to the Entente on 25 November 1918. All the territories occupied by German forces in eastern Africa were freed, and the German colonies occupied.
November 1918: When German general Lettow-Vorbeck received a telegram announcing the signing of the armistice by Germany, he agreed to a cease-fire. He marched his force to Abercorn and formally surrendered to the Entente on 25 November 1918. All the territories occupied by German forces in eastern Africa were freed, and the German colonies occupied.
November 1918: When German general Lettow-Vorbeck received a telegram announcing the signing of the armistice by Germany, he agreed to a cease-fire. He marched his force to Abercorn and formally surrendered to the Entente on 25 November 1918. All the territories occupied by German forces in eastern Africa were freed, and the German colonies occupied.
November 1918: When German general Lettow-Vorbeck received a telegram announcing the signing of the armistice by Germany, he agreed to a cease-fire. He marched his force to Abercorn and formally surrendered to the Entente on 25 November 1918. All the territories occupied by German forces in eastern Africa were freed, and the German colonies occupied.
November 1918: When German general Lettow-Vorbeck received a telegram announcing the signing of the armistice by Germany, he agreed to a cease-fire. He marched his force to Abercorn and formally surrendered to the Entente on 25 November 1918. All the territories occupied by German forces in eastern Africa were freed, and the German colonies occupied.
November 1918: When German general Lettow-Vorbeck received a telegram announcing the signing of the armistice by Germany, he agreed to a cease-fire. He marched his force to Abercorn and formally surrendered to the Entente on 25 November 1918. All the territories occupied by German forces in eastern Africa were freed, and the German colonies occupied.
November 1918: When German general Lettow-Vorbeck received a telegram announcing the signing of the armistice by Germany, he agreed to a cease-fire. He marched his force to Abercorn and formally surrendered to the Entente on 25 November 1918. All the territories occupied by German forces in eastern Africa were freed, and the German colonies occupied.

Selected Sources

Strachan, H. (2001): The First World War: To Arms. Vol. I, New York: Oxford University Press, p. 641
The Great War in East Africa. Wikipedia. Retrieved on 21 April 2021 on https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:World_War_I_in_East_Africa.jpg