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It has been 100 years since the outbreak of World War One – and most people tend to think of the conflict’s European battlefields.
But one of the first and crucial battles took place in Africa when allied forces invaded the German colony of Togoland in August 1914.
The BBC’s Akwasi Sarpong travelled to Togo to uncover one of the lesser known stories of the war and its impact on the West African nation.
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@emiliobello2538
January 7, 2024 at 6:32 pm
Togo
@adjoawodome4849
January 7, 2024 at 6:32 pm
Thanks for sharing
@khadijaaah._5315
January 7, 2024 at 6:32 pm
So how come tell still speak french
@selaseprosper6190
January 7, 2024 at 6:32 pm
The Aliied Forces consisted mainly of the Gold Coast Constabulary (Ghanaian Soldiers)
@bellakoami
January 7, 2024 at 6:32 pm
Please we need more information about our History of Togo 🇹🇬🙏🏿and thank you for sharing this 🙏🏿✊🏿
@dianashiesty3960
January 7, 2024 at 6:32 pm
Togo 🇹🇬 ppl wya
@dzonnyblue3065
January 7, 2024 at 6:32 pm
First Allied Victory was Battle of Cer 24 August 1914 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@MinaLingo
January 7, 2024 at 6:32 pm
Well done. Bravo pour votre travail. Malgré notre situation, continuons tous la promotion du Togo et du mina parlé à Lomé et qui n’est pas documenté. Alors, invitez plus de gens a apprendre la langue sur la chaine https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwI13OTnx46iFR1uxFBzV_w
LES SERIES APPRENDRE LE MINA. Le mina de Lomé qui est un mélange de l’éwé, gain, français, anglais, allemand et le portugais, n’est pas reconnue comme une langue officielle du Togo (même si c’est elle qu’on parle sur tout le territoire et au dela). A cause du Ghana, l’éwé est bien documente et peut être appris jusqu’à l’université au Ghana car le nombre de personne qui parle l’éwé au Ghana est grand. Nous devons faire de même puisque le mina de Lomé est la langue la plus parlée au Togo ; alors tous, aidez ma lutte et aidez à faire de ce mina notre langue officielle. Merci
@briangillman735
January 7, 2024 at 6:32 pm
The people of Togo land would be proud of the American hero that bears its name! Togo was an awesome Siberian husky that braved the barren tundra at 60 below in 50 mph wind to save the children of nome from a diphtheria epidemic….he was an underdog too….if you want to see him today he is at the Iditarod trail museum in willow Alaska….even now if you look into his glass eyes with an open mind you can see the heart of a survivor!
@essirenhier7489
January 7, 2024 at 6:32 pm
Voilà comment ces Kabre du Nord sont des ignorants. Est-ce que cette station des Allemands érigées avec man force des locaux ne fut -il pas dans leur intérêt ? C’est quoi ces merdes, ils travaillent sans boire de l’eau ni salaire. Yakame,
@EmpireTVDragon
January 7, 2024 at 6:32 pm
The ironic part is they speak french. If axis won the war, there could actually be African that speak Finnish and Japanese, that would be so cool.
@mephides8764
January 7, 2024 at 6:32 pm
That was a bit of a turd.
@e21big
January 7, 2024 at 6:32 pm
sound more like French to me…
@sinenomine6074
January 7, 2024 at 6:32 pm
Very interesting piece, well-written, nicely delivered!
@slukky
January 7, 2024 at 6:32 pm
I don't recall ever hearing or reading about this conflict. And I'm a history addict!
@rustypadlock5129
January 7, 2024 at 6:32 pm
Still they speak French not German.
@HenrySims
January 7, 2024 at 6:32 pm
Wow! This was really well made. Congratulations BBC. Very informative and entertaining. Carry on.
@BBCNews
January 7, 2024 at 6:32 pm
It has been 100 years since the outbreak of WW1 – and most people tend to think of the conflict's European battlefields.
But one of the first and crucial battles took place in Africa when allied forces invaded the German colony of Togoland in August 1914.
The BBC's Akwasi Sarpong travelled to Togo to uncover one of the lesser known stories of the war and its impact on the West African nation.
@XxWhite_Fang45xX
January 7, 2024 at 6:32 pm
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