History Time Line 4: East Asia, the Pacific, Africa Flashcards
Japan previously fought Russia. In WWI against whom do they declare war? When?
Against Germany, on August 23, 1914
The Germans lost their Pacific Island of Samoa to whom? When?
Almost immediately in August 1914. The British Empire’s Samoa Expeditionary Force landed unopposed.
The Germans lost their African colony of Tongo (German Togoland) to whom? When?
Almost immediately in August 1914 to combined British and French forces.
Who defeated the Germans in Kaiser-Wilhelmsland and the Bismarck Archipelago in German New Guinea? When?
Australia. September-November 1914.
What was the The Maritz rebellion? When? Was it successful?
It could be called the third Boer War, and it was started by the Boers (or Afrikaners) in October 1914. It failed. According to Wikipedia, it failed quickly, “General Maritz was defeated on 24 October … [and] the rebellion was suppressed by early February 1915.”
Name two battles near South America. What were their results?
The Battle of Coronel, near Chile, where Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee defeated the British on November 1, 1914. The British dispatched a larger force and defeated Admiral Graf Maximilian von Spee at the Battle of the Falkland Islands on 8 December 1914
Did the Japanese conquer German Territories in the Pacific?
Yes. German Micronesia in September-October 1914, Tsingtao in November 1914. According to Wikipedia, “The Siege of Tsingtao … was the first encounter between Japanese and German forces, the first Anglo-Japanese operation of the war, and the only major land battle in the Asian and Pacific theatre during World War I.”
After the South Africans put down the The Maritz rebellion, what did they do next?
On behalf of the British imperial government, they completed the conquest and occupation of German South West Africa by July 1915.
When did the allies complete their conquest of German Cameroon?
February 1916. According to Wikipedia, “At the outbreak of World War I, French, Belgian and British troops invaded the German colony in 1914 and fully occupied it during the Kamerun campaign.”
When did the last German forces surrender in East Africa?
November 1918. So, According to Wikipedia, “The Germans in East Africa fought for the whole of the war, receiving word of the armistice on 14 November 1918 at 07:30 hours. Both sides waited for confirmation, with the Germans formally surrendering on 25 November.”
