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Camroon Timeline

By jwill23
  • Occupied

    Occupied

    Treaties brought area under German control
  • Period: to

    Cameroon

  • WWI

    WWI

    After World War I British and French take control of the area. British claim 20% and French claim 80% of the land.
  • Fight for Independence

    Fight for Independence

    The outlawed Union of the Peoples of Cameroon (UPC), began an armed struggle for independence in French Cameroon.
  • Governing

    Governing

    Granted self governing by the french
  • Independence

    Independence

    Became independent from French and British rule
  • One Nation

    One Nation

    British ruled cameroon joins the newly independent French Cameroon to for the United Republic of Cameroon