West Africa Campaign (World War I)
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The West Africa Campaign of World War I consisted of two relatively small military operations to capture the German colonies in West Africa: Togoland, and Kamerun. Togoland was captured in a few weeks in 1914, but Kamerun resisted until February 1916.
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