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* Togoland was split into British Togoland ( under an Administrator, a post filled by the colonial Governor of the British Gold Coast ( present Ghana ) except 30 September 1920 – 11 October 1923 Francis Walter Fillon Jackson ) and French Togoland ( under a Commissioner ) ( United Kingdom and France ), 20 July 1922 separate Mandates, transformed on 13 December 1946 into United Nations trust territories, French Togo Associated Territory ( under a Commissioner till 30 August 1956, then under a High Commissioner as Autonomous Republic of Togo ) and British Togoland ( as before ; on 13 December 1956 it ceased to exist as it became part of Ghana )
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Togoland and was
Togoland was separated into two League of Nations mandates, administered by Britain and France.
* The Trust Territory of Togoland under British administration ( British Togoland ): Much smaller than French Togoland, this territory was merged in 1956 with the British colony of the Gold Coast, which was granted independence as Ghana in 1957.
Prior to the July 1956 general elections in the Gold Coast, a plebiscite was conducted under United Nations ( UN ) auspices to decide the future disposition of British Togoland and French Togoland.
A clear majority of British Togoland inhabitants voted in favor of union with their western neighbors, and the area was absorbed into the Gold Coast.
There was, however, vocal opposition to the incorporation from some of the Ewe in southern British Togoland.
The German terms, as presented on July 15, while containing an offer to cede the northern part of Kamerun and Togoland, demanded from France the whole of the French Congo from the Sangha River to the sea, to which was later added the transfer of France's right to the preemption of the Belgian Congo.
French Togoland, seized by France from Germany in World War I, was for most of this period not nominally a colony but a Mandate territory.
Between 1934 and 1937, the League of Nations Mandate territory of French Togoland was subsumed into Dahomey, and between its seizure from Germany in World War I and independence it was administered through the AOF.
** 4 June 1892-November 1893 Jesko von Puttkamer ( 2nd time ); the same stayed on as the first of two Landeshauptleute (' Land captains '), till 13 August 1895 ; the second ( 18 November 1895-18 April 1898 August Köhler, b. 1858-d. 1902 ) was also the first of the Governors ( since 1 January 1905 as German colony of Togoland, till the British conquered it August 1914 )
* Togoland, formerly a German protectorate, was an Anglo-French condominium, from when the United Kingdom and France occupied it on 26 August 1914 until its partition on 27 December 1916 into French and British zones.
British Togoland was a League of Nations Class B mandate in West Africa, under the mandatory power of the United Kingdom.
It was effectively formed in 1916 by the splitting of the occupied German protectorate of Togoland into two territories, French Togoland and British Togoland, during the First World War.
Togoland and split
Upon arrival in the French Togoland, the Ewe people split into smaller subtribes or chiefdoms.
Togoland and into
* July 20 – The German protectorate of Togoland is divided into the League of Nations mandates of French Togoland and British Togoland.
Ho later became the capital of the League of Nations mandate of British Togoland until that entity's incorporation into the British Gold Coast colony, which subsequently became Ghana.
In 1916 the territory was divided into separate British and French administrative zones, and this was formalized in 1922 with the creation of British Togoland and French Togoland.
In the years just before the Great War Lome had grown into the “ prettiest town in West Africa .” Because it was one of Germany's two self-supporting colonies, Togoland was acknowledged as a small but treasured possession.
On 27 December 1916, Togoland was separated into French and British administrative zones.
Following the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles, on 20 July 1922, Togoland formally became a League of Nations Class B mandate divided into French Togoland and British Togoland, covering respectively about two-thirds and one-third of the territory.
Togoland and British
After 1918, following the defeat of Germany, the League of Nations divided the German colony of Togoland from north to south, a decision that divided the Ewe people among the Gold Coast, British Togoland, and French Togoland.
Following a UN plebiscite in May 1956, in which a majority of the Ewe voted for union with Ghana, British Togoland became part of the Gold Coast.
British Togoland, 7.
The residents of British Togoland voted to join the Gold Coast as part of the new independent nation of Ghana in 1957, and French Togoland became an autonomous republic within the French Union in 1959.
After 1918, following the defeat of Germany, the League of Nations divided the German colony of Togoland from north to south, a decision that divided the Ewe people among the Gold Coast, British Togoland, and French Togoland.
Following a UN plebiscite in May 1956, in which a majority of the Ewe voted for union with Ghana, British Togoland became part of the Gold Coast.
** United Kingdom colonies Gold Coast and British Togoland become the independent nation of Ghana.
Togoland and under
Independence for French Togoland came in 1960 under Sylvanus Olympio.
* The Trust Territory of Togoland under French administration ( French Togoland ): Became independent as Togo in 1960.
Togoland and by
The result of the transfer of Togoland to Ghana has meant that many Togolese keep one foot on either side of the border, living in Ghana by night and working in the markets of the capital, Lomé, by day.
The result of the transfer of Togoland to Ghana has meant that many Togolese keep one foot on either side of the border, living in Ghana by night and working in the markets of the capital, Lomé, by day.
Following the Second World War, the political status of British Togoland changed, as it became a United Nations Trust Territory, although still administered by the United Kingdom.
Ho was a part of the German colony of Togoland until World War I, when it was occupied by the British.
It was invaded and quickly overrun by British and French forces during the Togoland campaign and placed under military rule.
This appointment was disputed by many especially the chiefs and elders of Togoland ( German ) Dagbon.
This area was colonized by the British and was originally called British Togoland.
On August 26, 1914, the German protectorate of Togoland was invaded by French and British forces and fell after five days of brief resistance.
The title was also used by the German empire for governors during the early stages of its colonial rule over South West Africa ( 1893-1898 ), Togoland ( 1893-1898 ) and German New Guinea ( 1886-1889, 1892-1899 )
Togoland and colonial
A colonial lord in the German colony Togoland ( ca.
German West Africa encompassed two colonial entities, Kamerun and Togoland.
His mission as commissioner resulted in Togoland and Kamerun becoming the first colonies of a German colonial empire.
Nachtigal ’ s task was thus to accept that real estate on behalf of Germany before the British could advance their own interests — and Togoland and Kamerun became Germany ’ s first colonial possessions.
* List of colonial heads of German Togoland
* List of colonial heads of French Togoland
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