Africa
Togoland:
In 1914 British and French forces expel the Germans from
Togoland. In 1916, following the successful invasion by British and French
forces in 1914, the British and French divide the colony of Togoland.
South West Africa:
In 1915 the Union of South Africa occupies the German
colony, German South West Africa.
German East Africa:
In 1916 Belgium forces occupy Burundi.
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German East Africa:
Between 1916 and 1918 Belgian and British Imperial
Forces occupy German East Africa.
Australasia
Papua:
In 1914 Australia captures the German colony of New Guinea and
renames it Papua.
Caroline Islands:
In 1914 Japan invades the German colony on the Caroline
Islands.
Marshall Islands:
In 1914 Japan occupies the German colony of the Marshall
Islands
Samoan Islands:
In 1914 New Zealand seizes German Samoa.
Gilbert and Ellice Islands:
In 1916 the British protectorate of the Gilbert
Islands joins the British protectorate of the Ellice Islands. The result is the
crown colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands.
The Caribbean
Haiti:
In 1915, following an uprising and the death of the dictator Guillaume
Sam, America invades and occupies Haiti.
Dominican Republic:
America occupies the Dominican Republic in 1916.
West Indies:
In 1917, because of their strategic position alongside the
approach to the Panama Canal, Denmark sells the Danish West Indies (islands
of St John, St Croix and St Thomas) to America for $25 million and they
become the US Virgin Islands.
Eastern Europe and Scandinavia
Ukraine:
Following the collapse of Russia after the 1917 revolution, the
Ukraine declares itself independent.
Czechoslovakia:
In 1918 the regions of the Czech lands and Slovakia declare
their independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire and form the Republic
of Czechoslovakia.
Poland:
In 1918 Poland declares its independence from Germany and the
Russian Empire.
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