[Image:Cameroon boundary changes.PNG|125px|thumb|right|Cameroon over time ]]This article is about the historical German colony. For the modern nation, see
Cameroon. Kamerun was an African
colony of the
German Empire from 1884 to 1916. The first German trading post was founded in
Douala in 1868 by the Hamburger shipping company Woermann. The protectorate was established during the "
Scramble for Africa" by German explorer and imperialist
Gustav Nachtigal. It was enlarged with
Neukamerun in 1911 as part of the settlement of the
Agadir Crisis, resolved by the
treaty of Fez. It was conquered in 1916 by the Allies during World War I. Following Germany's defeat, the territory was divided into two League of Nations mandates (Class B) under the administration of Great Britain and France. French
Cameroun and part of British
Cameroons reunified in 1961 as
Cameroon.
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