The First World War represented a turning point in African history, not as dramatic as the Second World War, but nevertheless important in many areas. One of its most important legacies was the reordering of the map of Africa roughly as it is today. Campaigns were fought on African soil which - though they only marginally affected the overall course of the Great War - had significant implications for Africa. More than a million African soldiers were involved in these campaigns or campaigns in Europe. Even more men, as well as women and children, were recruited, often forcibly, as carriers to support armies whose supplies could not be moved by conventional methods such as road, rail or pack animal. Over 150,000 soldiers and carriers lost their lives during the war. Many more were wounded and disabled. By the time the war ended, every country in Africa - with the exception of the small Spanish territories, which remained neutral - had been formally committed to one side or the other. Belgian, British, French, Italian and Portuguese administrations were allied - more or less actively - against German colonies. Full Listing Of Maps: MILITARY OPERATIONS EAST AFRICA VOLUME I AUGUST 1914 - SEPTEMBER 1916 The Theatre of War: Northern Area 1. The Strategic Situation at the Outbreak of War 2. The Northern Area of Operations: Eastern Sector 3. The Northern Area of Operations: Western Sector 4. The Voi-Tsavo Area 5. The Coastal Area 6. The Magadi-Longido Area 7. Kisii, 12th September 1914 8. The Kagera Line 8a. The Approaches to Tanga 9. Tanga: 3rd November 1914 10. Tanga: 4th November 1914, the British Advance 11. Tanga: 4th November 1914, Situation, 4p.m. 12. The Rufiji Delta 13. The Eastern Lake Area 14. Operations round Jasin, January 1915 15. The Strategic Situation, 1st April 1915 16. The Capture of Bukoba, 22nd-23rd June 1915 17. Mbuyuni, 14th July 1915 18. The Southern Area of Operations, 1914-15 19. Karonga, 8th-9th September 1914 19a. The Attack on Sphinxhaven, 30th May 1915 20. The Defence of Saisi, June-August 1915 20a. The Caprivi Zipfel 21. Salaita, 12th February 1916 22. The Kilimanjaro Operations, 1916: Lieut.-General Smuts's Plan 23. The Kilimanjaro Operations, 1916: First Phase, 5th-11th March 1916 24. Latema Nek, 11th-12th March 1916 25. Kilimanjaro, 1916: Situation at Nightfall, 11th March 1916 26. Kilimanjaro, 1916: Lieut.-General Smuts's Plan for the Second Phase 27. Kahe, 21st March 1916 28. Area of Operations between Kilimanjaro and the Central Railway 28a. The Area North of the Central Railway: Distances 29. The Advance to Kondoa Irangi 30. Operations round Kondoa Irangi, May-June 1916 31. The Advance down the Pangani River, 20th-31st May 1916 32. The Advance to Handeni, 7th-18th June 1916 33. Mkalamo, 9th June 1916 34. Operations near Korogwe, 14th-15th June 1916 35. The Advance to the Lukigura 36. The Action of the Lukigura, 24th June 1916 37. Operations East of the Line of Communication, July 1916 38. The Advance of the 2nd Division to the Central Railway 39. The Advance through the Nguru Mountains: Lieut.-General Smuts's Plan 40. The Advance through the Nguru Mountains: 41. Operations between Turiani and the Wami, 13th-16th August 1916 42. The Action of the Warni, .17th August 1916 43. The Advance to Kilosa, 9th-22nd August 1916 44. The Area of Operations, 20th August-15th September 1916 45. Operations round Morogoro, 21st-29th August 1916 46. Mlali, 24th-26th August 1916 47. The Advance of the 1st Division, 31st August-10th September 1916 48. The Advance of the Mowited Force, 31st August- 8th September 1916 49. Operations round Kisaki, 13th-30th September 1916 50. The Affair of the Dutumi, 10th-12th September 1916 50a. The Rufiji Area 51. Operations of the 2nd Division, 24th August-10th September 1916 52. The Capture of Bagamoyo, 15th August 1916 53. The Advance on Dar-es-Salaam, 31st August- 6th September 1916 53a. The Southern Coastal Area 54. The Lower Ruvuma 55.
