British Togoland

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British Togoland was a League of Nations Class B mandate in Africa, formed by the splitting of German protectorate Togoland into French Togoland and British Togoland. Its capital was Ho.

The territory of British Togoland was first formed after a partition of Togoland on December 27 1916, during World War I. British and French forces already occupied Togoland. After the war, on July 20 1922, the League of Nations gave its mandate to formally transfer control of British Togoland to the United Kingdom.

After World War II, the mandate became a UN trust territory administered by the United Kingdom. During the mandate and trusteeship periods, British Togoland was administered as part of the adjoining territory of the Gold Coast. On December 13 1956, British Togoland formally joined the Gold Coast, which became the new independent nation of Ghana the following year.