Battle of Bukoba

Battle of Bukoba
Part of the East African Campaign of World War I
Battle of Bukoba is located in Tanzania
Bukoba
Bukoba
Battle of Bukoba (Tanzania)
Date21–23 June 1915
Location
Result

British victory

  • British capture Bukoba
Belligerents

 German Empire

 British Empire
Commanders and leaders
German Empire Maj. Willibald von Stuemer United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Gen. Stewart
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Col. Daniel Patrick Driscoll
Units involved

Schutztruppe

 British Army

Strength
200+ 1,500
Casualties and losses
14 killed
34 wounded
150 killed & wounded

The Battle of Bukoba was the first victory for Entente forces in German East Africa, coming after the disastrous battles of Tanga and Jassin. The British objective was the destruction of the Bukoba wireless station. Due to Bukoba's location on the shore of Lake Victoria, it was decided that the raid should take the form of an amphibious assault.[1]

  1. ^ Hew Strachan, The First World War in Africa (Oxford University Press, 2004) pp. 11, 116 Albania