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First Battle of Jaunde
Part of the Kamerun Campaign in World War I
Date1 May - late June 1915
Location
Area around Jaunde, German Kamerun
Result Successful German defense of Jaunde
Belligerents

United Kingdom British Empire

France France

German Empire Germany

The First Battle of Jaunde involved the attempted British and French assault on the German capital of Jaunde during the Kamerun Campaign of the First World War. The offensive started on 1 May 1915 and lasted until late June of the same year when Allied forces were compelled to withdraw. Due to a lack of coordination, difficult terrain, adverse weather conditions, and stiff German resistance, the attack on Jaunde failed. Another assault on the capital would not be conducted until later that year.


Background

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Allied assault

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Aftermath

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References

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  • Burg, David F., and L. Edward. Purcell. Almanac of World War I. Lexington, KY: University of Kentucky, 1998.
  • Dane, Edmund. British Campaigns in Africa and the Pacific, 1914-1918,. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1919.
  • Germans in East and West Africa. Journal of the African Society 15 (1915): 1-10.
  • Hilditch, A. N. Battle Sketches, 1914–1915. Oxford University Press, 1915.
  • O'Neill, Herbert C. The War in Africa and the Far East. London: London Longmans Green, 1918.
  • Strachan, Hew. The First World War in Africa. Oxford University Press. 2004. ISBN 0-199-25728-0


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