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Events relating to togo
Bismarck launches the colonial scramble for Africa by suddenly annexing three territories for Germany (Togo, Cameroon and Angria Pequena)
Gustav Nachtigal arrives in Togo and persuades local chiefs to accept the protection of the German emperor
British and French forces invade the German colony of Togoland
British and French forces win full control of the German colonies of Togoland and Cameroon
France and Britain are given a League of Nations mandate to govern separate areas of the German colony of Togoland
After a plebiscite British Togo is merged with the neighbouring colony of the Gold Coast
French Togo becomes independent as the republic of Togo, with Sylvanus Olympio as president