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Not to be confused with the East African Campaign (World War II).
The East Africa Campaign[lower-alpha 1] was a campaign fought between an Allied British, Belgian and Portuguese force against the German Empire in eastern Africa during World War I.
- No static trench warfare in East Africa like that on the Western Front. Most of the fighting consists of small-scale skirmishes along a mobile front.
- Most fighting takes place against German forces, however, the campaign also starts native insurrections in Nyasaland and Portuguese East Africa alongside the pre-existing campaign against Somaliland rebels.
- Fighting continues far longer than German campaigns in Togoland, Kamerun and South-West Africa, and the Von Lettow only surrenders when he receives orders from Berlin - not defeated.
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Part of the African Theatre of World War I and the Anglo-Somali War | |||||||
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1914: 160,000~[4] |
1914: 2,700 Schutztruppen,[5] 2,700 Landsturm[5] |
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