Sub-Saharan Africa, 04 Aug 1914: Outbreak of the Great War
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Political map of Sub-Saharan Africa on 04 Aug 1914 (World War I in Africa: Outbreak of the Great War), showing the following events: Violet Line; Ottoman-Saudi Treaty; Outbreak of World War I; French mobilization; British entry into World War I; German invasion of Belgium.

Belgian

Congo(Bel.)

F r e n c h W e s t A f r i c a(Fr. col. fed.)

Anglo-

Egyptian

Sudan(Br. adm.)

Union of

South Africa(Br. dom.)

Egypt(Br. occ.)

Madagascar(Fr.)

Kamerun(Ger. prot.)

East Africa
Protectorate(Br. prot.)

Italian
Somalia(It. prot.)

Aden prot.(Br. Ind. prot.)

Portuguese
West Africa(Port.)

Muscat
& Oman(Br. garr.)

Cape
Verde(Port.)

Portuguese
East
Africa(Port.)

German
East Africa(Ger.)

Br. Som.(Br. prot.)

French

Equatorial

Africa(Fr. col. fed.)

Nejd
(Saudi)(Ott. suz.)

German
South
West
Africa(Ger.)

Bechuana-
land(Br. HCT)

Uganda(Br. prot.)

Gold
Coast(Br.)

Liberia(int. sup.)

Sierra Leone(Br.)

Pt. Guinea(Port.)

Southern Zone(Sp. prot.)

Northern
Rhodesia(BSAC adm.)

Middle
Congo(FEA)

Niger
Military Territory(FWA terr.)

Upper Senegal
and Niger(FWA)

Mauritania(FWA terr.)

Fr. Guinea(FWA)

Ivory
Coast(FWA)

Hobyo(semi-indep)

Majerteenia(semi-indep)

Darfur(A-E.S. vas.)

Ubangi-Shari-
Chad(FEA)

Southern
Territories(Fr. terr.)

Southern
Rhodesia(BSAC adm.)

Nyassa Co.(NC adm.)

Mozambique
Co.(MC adm.)

Zanzibar(Br. prot.)

S.T. & P.(Port.)

Seychelles(Br.)

St. Helena(Br.)

Tristan da Cunha(Br.)

Simon's Town(Br.)

Mar 1914Anglo-Ottoman
border
agreement

May 1914Saudis recognize
Ottoman suzerainty

28 Jul 1914Austria-Hungary
declares war
on Serbia

1 Aug 1914France mobilizes
against Germany

4 Aug 1914Britain declares
war on Germany

4 Aug 1914Germany launches
invasion of France
through Belgium

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