2 nd Lahore Light infantry. Fighting in Africa Two phases: 1. 1. knock out German offensive...

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2nd Lahore Light infantry

Fighting in AfricaTwo phases: 1. knock out German

offensive capabilities in Africa

2. occupy German territories

Kamerun monument to French dead, Duala

German East Africa

The Effect: Colonial Administration

Henry Rider Haggard

British Officers from the 1st Service Battalion of the Nigerian Regiment

Royal West African Frontier Force behind

Recruitment

Africans Live, Fight and Die

ResultsAnti-colonial movements

Economic: depressionsfamine

New technologies and infrastructure

Demography and social structure:new opportunitiesmodern nationalisminfluenza

ConclusionTurning pointAfrica reordered: Germany out

France in CameroonBritain in Togo German East

AfricaUnion of South Africa and SW

AfricaBelgium in Rwanda and Burundi

Ethnic tensions in specific regionsAim of resistances changed

quiet for roughly 20 yearsWWII - then changes