List of wars involving Cameroon
This is a list of wars and conflicts involving the Republic of Cameroon and its previous states.
Pre-Colonial Cameroon (Before 1882)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Head of State | Losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fulani War (1804 – 1808) |
Sokoto Caliphate | Hausa Kingdoms | Sokoto's victory
|
(Sultan of Sokoto) |
Unknown |
Colonial Cameroon (1882–1960)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Head of State | Losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kamerun Campaign (1914 – 1916) |
German Empire | British Empire | Defeat
|
(Emperor of Germany) |
c. 5,000 soldiers killed[7] |
Bamileke War (1955 – 1964) |
Before 1960 French Empire After 1960 |
UPC[9] | Government's victory
|
Before 1960 (President of France) (President of France) After 1960 (President of Cameroon) |
61,300 – 76,300 civilians killed[8] |
Republic of Cameroon (1960–Present)
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Head of State | Losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bakassi conflict (2006 – 2009) |
Cameroon | Bakassian insurgents Nigerian rebels |
Victory | (President of Cameroon) |
Unknown |
Central African Republic Civil War (2013 – Present) |
Central African Republic South Africa (2012[10] – 2013)[11] |
Anti-balaka[17] |
Ongoing | (President of Cameroon) |
Unknown |
Boko Haram insurgency (2014 – Present) |
Nigeria[19] | Before 2015 Boko Haram Ansaru[21] |
Ongoing
|
Unknown | |
Anglophone Crisis (2017 – Present) |
Cameroon | Ambazonia[24] | Ongoing
|
120+[26] |
References
Citations
- Boyd 1986.
- Killingray 1930, p. 117.
- Buchan 1922, p. 150.
- Dane 1919, p. 182.
- Van Reybrouck 2014, p. 132.
- Strachan 2004, p. 56.
- Erlikman 2004.
- Teretta 2013, pp. 178-179.
- "Cameroon - Moving toward independence | history - geography". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- "South Africa's Involvement in the Central African Republic". Stratfor Worldview. 29 March 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- "The hard lessons learnt in CAR". IOL News. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- "Central Africa on the Brink, Rebels Halt Their Advance". The New York Times. 2 January 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- "Sangaris mission in CAR officially ends on October 30". Africa News. 29 October 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- "Central African Republic: Security Council approves new peacekeeping force". United Nations News Center. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- "UN peacekeepers are heading into the Central African Republic". Public Radio International. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- "Looting and gunfire in captured CAR capital". Al–Jazeera. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- "Christian militias take bloody revenge on Muslims in Central African Republic". The Guardian. 10 March 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- "Central African Republic: Ex-president re-elected head of rebel movement". Fox News. 13 July 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- "Boko Haram escalates battle with bold move into Chad". The Christian Science Monitor. 13 February 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- "Cameroon says fights off Boko Haram attacks, kills 41 militants". Reuters. 29 December 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- "Nigerian Islamist militants return from Mali with weapons, skills". The Washington Post. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- "Boko Haram swears formal allegiance to ISIS". Fox News. 8 March 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- "Nigeria Boko Haram: Militants 'technically defeated' - Buhari". BBC News. 24 December 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- "ADC Lands Ground Troops in Southern Cameroons, Declares War on LRC". Cameroon Journal. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- "ADC Lands Ground Troops in Southern Cameroons, Declares War on LRC". Cameroon Journal. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- "Cameroon says Military Casualties Mounting". Voice of America. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 15 August 2018.
Bibliography
- Buchan, John (1922). A History of the Great War. I. Boston and New York: Fb&c Limited. OCLC 558495465.
- Dane, Edmund (2017). British Campaigns in Africa and the Pacific, 1914-1918. London: Fb&c Limited. ISBN 9780266310419.
- Deltombe, Thomas (2011). Kamerun! Une guerre cachée aux origines de la Françafrique (1948 - 1971) (in French). Paris: La Découverte. ISBN 978-2-7071-5913-7.
- Erlikman, Vadim (2004). Poteri narodonaseleniia v XX veke : spravochnik (in Russian). Moscow: Russkai︠a︡ panorama. ISBN 5-93165-107-1.
- Killingray, D. (2011). John Horne (ed.). Companion to World War I. London: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 9781118275801.
- Strachan, Hew (2004). The First World War in Africa. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-199-25728-0.
- Teretta, Meredith (2013). Nation of Outlaws, State of Violence: Nationalism, Grassfields Tradition, and State Building in Cameroon. Athens: Ohio University Press. ISBN 9780821444726.
- Van Reybrouck, David (2014). Congo: The Epic History of a People. Brussels: HarperCollins. ISBN 9780062200112.
- Boyd, Jean (1986). Mahdi Adamu (ed.). Pastoralists of the West African Savanna. Manchester, UK: International African Institute.
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