Sub-Saharan Africa, 11 Nov 1918: Armistice with Germany
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Political map of Sub-Saharan Africa on 11 Nov 1918 (World War I in Africa: Armistice with Germany), showing the following events: Schutztruppe in Rhodesia; Spanish Flu in Africa; Armistice of Mudros; Armistice of Compiègne.

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. prot.)

Madagascar(Fr.)

French

Equatorial

Africa(Fr. col. fed.)

East Africa
Protectorate(Br. prot.)

Italian
Somalia(It. prot.)

Aden prot.(Br. Ind. prot.)

Muscat
& Oman(Br. garr.)

Cape
Verde(Port.)

Portuguese
East
Africa(Port.)

German
East Africa(Br. occ.)

Kamerun(Fr. occ.)

Br. Som.(Br. prot.)

German
South
West
Africa(SAfr. occ.)

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)

Upper Senegal
and Niger(FWA)

Mauritania(FWA terr.)

Fr. Guinea(FWA)

Ivory
Coast(FWA)

Hobyo(semi-indep)

Majerteenia(semi-indep)

Upper
Asir(Ott. pres.)

Chad(FEA terr.)

Niger Mil. Terr.(FWA terr.)

Ubangi-
Shari(FEA)

Southern
Terr.(Fr. terr.)

Southern
Rhodesia(BSAC adm.)

Nyassa Co.(Port/NC)

Mozambique
Co.(Port/MC)

Zanzibar(Br. prot.)

S.T. & P.(Port.)

Seychelles(Br.)

St. Helena(Br.)

Tristan da Cunha(Br.)

Simon's Town(Br.)

3 Jul–14 Nov 1918Lettow-Vorbeck crosses
to Northern Rhodesia

Aug 1918–?? 1920Flu pandemic strikes
Africa, killing millions

30 Oct 1918Ottomans sign
armistice

11 Nov 1918Germany signs
armistice

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