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Togoland, officially the Togoland Protectorate (German: Schutzgebiet Togo; French: Protectorat du Togo), was a protectorate of the German Empire in West Africa from 1884 to 1914, encompassing what is now the nation of Togo and most of what is now the Volta Region of Ghana, approximately 90,400 km 2 (29,867 sq mi) in size.
The German Empire had established a protectorate over Togoland in 1884, which was slightly larger than Ireland and had a population of about one million people in 1914. A mountain range with heights of over 3,000 ft (910 m) runs south-west to north-east and restricts traffic between the coast and hinterland.
Flag Years of use Ratio Government Description 1884–1914 2:3 Togoland Protectorate: The flag of the German Empire was used as the official flag of German Togoland. 1916–1957 2:3 Territory of Togoland: The French tricolor was used as the official flag of French Togoland and, from 1955, the Autonomous Republic of Togo. 1957–1958 3:5
Flag of the Autonomous Republic of Togo (1957–1958) On August 8, 1914, French and British forces invaded Togoland and the German forces there surrendered on 26 August. In 1916, Togoland was divided into French and British administrative zones.
The Togoland Campaign (9–26 August 1914) was a French and British invasion of the German colony of Togoland in West Africa (which became Togo and the Volta Region of Ghana after independence) during the First World War. The colony was invaded on 6 August, by French forces from Dahomey to the east and on 9 August by British forces from Gold ...
The Affair of Agbeluvoe ["affair" a military engagement by a force less than a division] (Agbéluvhoé, Beleaguer or the Battle of Tsewie, was fought during the First World War between invading British Empire soldiers of the West African Rifles and German Polizeitruppen (paramilitary police) in German Togoland (now Togo) on 15 August 1914.
Following the declaration of war, troops of the Gold Coast Regiment entered Togoland from the British Gold Coast and advanced on the capital, Lomé. [3] An advance patrol of the Gold Coast Regiment encountered the German-led police force on 7 August 1914 at a factory in Notsé , near Lomé, and the police force opened fire on the patrol. [ 3 ]
The Affair of Khra [Chra] ("affair" a military engagement by a force less than a division) was fought by British and French troops against German Polizeitruppen (paramilitary police) in the village of Khra, near the Khra River on 22 August 1914, during the Togoland Campaign of the First World War.