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Welcome to the African military history task force. If you have any questions about articles or are generally seeking advice, you're encouraged to ask at the main military history talk page, or you can directly approach one of the task force participants below. The coordinators of the Military history WikiProject can be contacted here. Scope This task force covers the military histories of all African states, as well as military activity in Africa by non-African powers. Any article related to this task force should be marked by adding African-task-force=yes to the {{WPMILHIST}} project banner at the top of its talk page (see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax). This will automatically place it into Category:African military history task force articles.

Participants

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1. Aldux (talk · contribs) (Chad and neighbouring countries)
2. Buistr (talk · contribs) (North African and colonial military history 1830-1962)
3. Cliftonian (talk · contribs) (mostly Rhodesia, including Rhodesian forces in WWI and WWII, etc)
4. Ctatkinson (talk · contribs) (British and Boer colonial Africa with an emphasis on Southern Africa)
5. DanieB52 (talk · contribs) (Mainly WWII history and South African history)
6. Dodger67 (talk · contribs) (Modern African military history and technology, particularly South Africa and neighbouring countries)
7. Farawayman (talk · contribs) (South African forces in WWI and WWII)
8. FunkyCanute (talk · contribs) (Southern African colonial history, c1820-1945, especially biographies)
9. Grant65 (talk · contribs) (Mostly the various African campaigns of World War II. To a lesser degree the Second Boer War and the World War I campaigns)
10. Icelandic Hurricane (talk · contribs) (suddenly developed an odd interest in this)
11. Indy beetle (talk · contribs) (Colonial warfare, World Wars, Congo Crisis)
12. IZAK (talk · contribs) (military history of Southern Africa)
13. llywrch (talk · contribs) (Ethiopia and related countries)
14. Lothar von Richthofen (talk · contribs) (2011 Libyan civil war, WWI African campaigns)
15. sf46 (talk · contribs) (Interested mainly in southern Africa, particularly Rhodesia)
16. Brigade Piron (talk · contribs) (colonial and post-colonial, particularly Central Africa.)
17. Washoe_the_Wise (talk · contribs) (The Scramble for Africa, internal feuds post-1750)
18. Iazyges (talk · contribs) Mostly Rome and Byzantium.

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Article statistics

The table to the right shows the current article assessment statistics for this task force. A list of the top 500 most popular articles within our scope, as well as the number of page views each article received over the past month, can be found here. With most of our articles assessed as Stub- or Start-Class, there's a lot of work to be done. However, we also have a number of good, A-Class, and featured articles, which have been assessed as amongst the best Wikipedia has to offer. These articles serve as a yardstick for what can be achieved and should be aimed for, and can provide ideas about how to write an article and what sources to consult; they are listed below: Featured articles Action of 1 August 1801 Ahmose I Air Rhodesia Flight 825 Anglo-Zanzibar War Operation Brevity British military intervention in the Sierra Leone Civil War Burger's Daughter Byzantine navy Cleopatra USS Constitution William Harper (Rhodesian politician) Caesar Hull Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay Paul Kagame Paul Kruger Nelson Mandela Military service of Ian Smith Mozambican War of Independence Operation Barras Operation Grandslam Operation Infinite Reach John Plagis Ranavalona I Ranavalona III Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence Rhodesian mission in Lisbon Rudd Concession Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état Shangani Patrol Ian Smith Southern Rhodesia in World War I Unas Zaian War Zanzibar Revolution Zong massacre Featured lists List of Zulu War Victoria Cross recipients List of sieges of Gibraltar List of Second Boer War Victoria Cross recipients A-Class articles 7 Independent Company (Rhodesia) Ahmad ibn Tulun Armed Forces of Liberia Australian contribution to UNTAG Auxilia 2008 invasion of Anjouan Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque Battle of Magersfontein Southern Rhodesian military involvement in the Malayan Emergency Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo Siege of Kimberley John Troglita Good articles 7 Independent Company (Rhodesia) 2012 Guinea-Bissau coup d'état Battle of Abu Hamed Al-Adil ibn al-Sallar Ahmad ibn Tulun Alphonse Alley Amenhotep I Idi Amin Anglo-Egyptian Darfur Expedition Angolan Civil War Australian contribution to UNTAG Battle of Jilib Battle of Rejaf Belgian Congo in World War II HMSAS Bloemfontein Bombardment of Salé Hugh Boustead Frederick Russell Burnham Treaty of Butre Invasion of the Cape Colony Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho Chadian–Libyan conflict Chilembwe uprising Marshal Clarke Bill Clinton John Alan Coey Congo Crisis Free Republic of the Congo Publius Cornelius Dolabella (consul 10) Cutzinas Omar Derdour Early life of Cleopatra Battle of El Herri Battle of Elands River (1900) 1981 Entumbane uprising French prisoners of war in World War II 1964 Gabonese coup d'état Muammar Gaddafi Gambia Regiment Ernest Lucas Guest Ernest Melville Charles Guest Heraclius History of the Rhodesian Light Infantry (1961–72) History of the Rhodesian Light Infantry (1972–77) Imperial Gift 2008 invasion of Anjouan Lamu Fort Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque HMSAS Natal Long Range Desert Group Malagasy Uprising Southern Rhodesian military involvement in the Malayan Emergency Maurice (emperor) Richard Mohun Battle of Ngomano Ottoman–Egyptian invasion of Mani Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo Pat Pattle HMS Pelorus (J291) SAS President Kruger SAS President Pretorius SAS President Steyn HMSAS Protea Ptolemy I Soter Reign of Cleopatra Roman Empire Rwandan Civil War SAS Good Hope SAS Transvaal Siege of Saïo Solomon (Byzantine general) South African War Memorial (South Australia) South Kasai Southern Rhodesia in World War II HMS Thames (1885) Thutmose I Toyota War Battle of Triangle Hill John Troglita Battle of Tug Argan Vandalic War Gaius Vettius Sabinianus Julius Hospes HMS Whelp (R37) World War II HMS Wrangler (R48)

African military history task force assessment statistics Articles Lists FA 35 FL 3 A 13 AL 0 GA 76     B 322 BL 4 C 442 CL 5 Start 1,851 List 160 Stub 1,667     Total 4,406 Total 172 Other pages Book 2 Category 574 Disambig 17 File 8 Portal 3 Project 1 Redirect 151 SIA 1 Template 120 User 0 Total 877 Unassessed 0 category

Open tasks

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Popular pages

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Requested articles 

12th Motorised Brigade (South Africa) • Army Combat Training Centre (South Africa) • Battle of Pweto • Kisangani massacre • Battle of Kisangani (1999) • Kwilu Rebellion • Cannon Kopje • Central Africa Regiment • Commando Moissi • Matola Raid • Jerry Puren • Egyptian-Hittite wars • Battle of Tigray • Third Battle of Amba Alagi • Rashidi Muzelein • 2002–03 conflict in the Pool Department • Battle of Namacurra • Makombe rebellion • Barue uprising • Adaka Boro Avengers • Asawana Deadly Force of Niger Delta • Niger Delta Justice Defence Group • Niger Delta Volunteers • Niger Delta Red Squad • Niger Delta Revolutionary Crusaders • Reformed Egbesu Fraternities • Egbesu Boys of the Niger Delta • Egbesu Red Water Lions • Egbesu Mightier Fraternity • Cocoye (militia) • Nsiloulou (militia) • Cobra (militia) • Oromo Youth Revolutionary Movement • Ethiopian National Liberation Front • Mai Mai Gédéon • Coordination for a Referendum on Self-determination for Katanga • Progressive Katanga Congress • Mai Mai Yakutumba • Jaysh al-Mujahidin (Libya) • Brega Martyrs Brigade • Ajdabiya Shura Council • M27 (militia) • Nyatura • RUD-Urunana • Mai Mai Sheka • Mai Mai Yakutumba • Raia Mutomboki • FLEC-N'Zita • FLEC-Lubota • Uniao Nacional de Libertaçao de Cabinda • Federal Alliance of Eastern Sudan • National Liberation Army of Kamerun •

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Colin Cockcroft • Eugene Raymond • Nicolaas Nieuwoudt • Davidson Masuku • Republic of the Congo Civil War (1993–94) • Rhodesia Regiment • Military history of Africa • Military history of Algeria • Military history of Egypt (currently a redirect) • Military history of Morocco • Uqba ibn Nafi • Ugandan Bush War • Military Committee for National Salvation • Battle of Gondar • Battle of Amba Alagi (1895) • Battle of Amba Alagi (1941) • Union Defence Force (South Africa) • Oromo conflict • Uganda People's Democratic Army • Holy Spirit Movement • National Army for the Liberation of Uganda • Caprivi Liberation Army • Forças Armadas de Cabinda • Alliance of Revolutionary Forces of West Sudan • 2016 Burkinabé coup d'état attempt • 1986 Lesotho coup d'état • Fredrick Mugisha •

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Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo • Crocodile Armoured Personnel Carrier • Citizen Force (South Africa) • Jean Schramme • Jean-Marie Runiga • Kikuyu Home Guard • Karonga War • Laurent Nkunda • Maroon Commandos • Natal Native Contingent • Odong Latek • Paul Ermens • Ronald Reid-Daly • Royal West African Frontier Force • Stanleyville mutinies • Uganda National Liberation Front • Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army

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Citations needed

Jurinus Janse van Rensburg • List of South African military chiefs • Military history of Africa • Vejaynand Ramlakan • Aubrey Sedibe • South African Army • South African Navy

Translation needed 

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Article alerts

Articles for deletion

• 29 Oct 2018 – Roodeplaat Research Laboratories (talk · edit · hist) was AfDed by Zackmann08 (t · c); see discussion (4 participants; relisted)

Featured article candidates

• 02 Oct 2018 – Rwandan Civil War (talk · edit · hist) was FA nominated by Amakuru (t · c); see discussion

A-Class review

• 10 Nov 2018 – Battle of Elands River (1900) (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review by Kges1901 (t · c); see discussion
• 15 Oct 2018 – Fall of Kampala (talk · edit · hist) was put up for A-Class review by Indy beetle (t · c); see discussion

Good topic candidates

• 21 Aug 2018 – Cleopatra (talk · edit · hist) was GT nominated by Векочел (t · c); start discussion

Peer reviews

• 23 Oct 2018 – Military history of Nigeria during World War II (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by J.Hohne (t · c); see discussion
• 17 Oct 2018 – Morocco in World War II (talk · edit · hist) has been put up for PR by 113ADP68 (t · c); see discussion

Resources

• If you know of any useful resources, please feel free to add them here.

Books

• Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku; Gates, Henry Louis, eds. (2012). Dictionary of African Biography. Oxford University Press USA. ISBN 9780195382075.
• The Congo Rebellion. Léopoldville: Press Service of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 1964. OCLC 781977731.
• Lefever, Ernest W.; Joshua, Wynfred (30 June 1966). United Nations Peacekeeping in the Congo: 1960–1964 (PDF). 2. Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution. OCLC 631685344.

Photos

• MONUSCO Photos - MONUSCO Flickr account, all photos licensed with Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0)