Northern Africa, 29 Oct 1914: Ottoman Entry into WWI
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Political map of Northern Africa on 29 Oct 1914 (World War I in Northern Africa: Ottoman Entry into WWI), showing the following events: Siege of Mora; Miracle of the Marne; British occupation of Abadan; Battle of Zanzibar; Ottoman entry into World War I.

Egypt(Br. occ.)

Austria-
Hungary

Belgian

Congo(Bel.)

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

Kamerun(Ger. prot.)

Anglo-

Egyptian

Sudan(Br. adm.)

Southern Territories(Fr. terr.)

Morocco(Fr. prot.)

Tunisia(Fr. prot.)

Khiva(Rus. prot.)

French

Equatorial

Africa(Fr. col. fed.)

German
East Africa(Ger.)

East Africa
Protectorate(Br. prot.)

Aden prot.(Br. Ind. prot.)

Br. Som.(Br. prot.)

Italian
Somalia(It. prot.)

Darfur(A-E.S. vas.)

Ha'il(Ott. suz.)

Nejd
(Saudi)(Ott. suz.)

Cyprus(Br. adm.)

Cape Verde(Port.)

Canary Islands(Sp.)

Ivory
Coast(FWA)

Southern Zone(Sp. prot.)

Uganda(Br. prot.)

Middle
Congo(FEA)

Gold
Coast(Br.)

Fr. Guinea(FWA)

Pt. Guinea(Port.)

Liberia(int. sup.)

Upper Senegal
and Niger(FWA)

Mauritania(FWA terr.)

Sierra Leone(Br.)

Ubangi-Shari-
Chad(FEA)

Majerteenia(semi-indep)

Hobyo(semi-indep)

Cyrenaica(It. prot.)

Tripolitania(It. prot.)

`Anizzah(Ott. suz.)

Niger
Military Territory(FWA terr.)

Muscat
& Oman(Br. garr.)

Ifni(Sp. claim)

Dodec.(It. occ.)

S.T. & P.(Port.)

Zanzibar(Br. prot.)

Tangier(int. adm.)

26 Aug 1914–18 Feb 1916British and French
besiege Mora, Kamerun

5–12 Sep 1914Allies defeat German
advance on Paris

Sep 1914British occupy
Abadan

20 Sep 1914Germans sink
British warship
at Zanzibar

29 Oct 1914Ottomans
enter WW1

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