# List of uprisings against Entente powers during World War I

The Triple Entente describes the informal understanding between the Russian Empire, the French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It formed a powerful counterweight to the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Ottoman Empire. The conquest of many of these regions created resentment against the Entente colonial governments. Many of these regions had former uprisings or were in a constant state of rebellion.
When World War I broke out in late 1914 many communities saw it as their chance to overthrow the local colonial Entente governments. This was encouraged on 14 November 1914 when the religious leaders of the Ottoman Empire declared a holy war or jihad against the Entente powers.

## Australia

| Name | Location | Insurrectionist | Entente Power | Start Date | End Date | Result | Notes |
| Battle of Broken Hill | Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia | Badsha Mahommed Gool Mullah Abdullah | Australia United Kingdom | 1 January 1915 | 1 January 1915 | Suppressed | |

## Africa

| Name | Location | Insurrectionist | Entente Power | Start Date | End Date | Result |
| Maritz rebellion | South Africa | South African Republic | Union of South Africa United Kingdom | 15 September 1914 | 4 February 1915 | Suppressed |
| Ovambo Uprising | Portuguese Angola | Ovambo | Portugal | 18 December 1914 | 6 February 1917 | Suppressed |
| Chilembwe uprising | Nyasaland (now Malawi) | Chilembwe and his followers | United Kingdom | 23 January 1915 | 26 January 1915 | Suppressed |
| Bussa rebellion | Bussa, Nigeria | Supporters of Sabukki, a local prince of the Borgu Emirate | United Kingdom | June 1915 | June 1915 | Suppressed |
| Adubi War | Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria | Egba rebels | United Kingdom | June 1918 June–July 1918 | July 1918 | Suppressed |
| Volta–Bani War | Burkina Faso, Mali | Marka, Bwa, Lela, Nuna, and Bobo peoples | France | November 1915 | February 1917 | Suppressed |

### North Africa

| Name | Location | Insurrectionist | Entente Power | Start Date | End Date | Result |
| Anglo-Egyptian Darfur Expedition | Darfur, now part of Sudan | Sultanate of Darfur | United Kingdom | 16 March 1916 | 6 November 1916 | Suppressed |
| Senussi campaign | Egypt Libya | Senussi | United Kingdom  Italy | January 1915 | November 1918 | Suppressed |
| Zaian War | French protectorate of Morocco | Zaian Confederation | France | 1914 | 1921 | Suppressed |

## British India

| Name | Location | Insurrectionist | Entente Power | Start Date | End Date | Result |
| Operations against the Mohmands, Bunerwals and Swatis in 1915 | North-West Frontier Province, British India | 2,000 tribesmen from Khost | United Kingdom | 1915 | 1915 | Suppressed |
| Operations against the Mahsuds | North-West Frontier Province, British India | Mahsuds tribe | United Kingdom | June 1917 | July 1917 | Suppressed |
| Mohmand blockade | Mohmand border along North-West Frontier Province, British India | Mohmand tribe | United Kingdom | 1915 | July 1917 | Suppressed |
| Operations in the Tochi | Tochi River, North-West Frontier Province, British India | Three tribes (Mohmands, Bunerwals and Swatis | United Kingdom | 28 November 1914 | 27 March 1915 | Suppressed |

## Europe

| Name | Location | Insurrectionist | Entente Power | Start Date | End Date | Result | Notes |
| Easter Rising | Ireland | Irish nationalist forces | United Kingdom | 24 April 1916 | 29 April 1916 | Suppressed | |

## Middle East

| Name | Location | Insurrectionist | Entente Power | Start Date | End Date | Result | Notes |
| Muscat rebellion | Muscat and Oman (now Oman) | Imamate of Oman | United Kingdom | 1913 | 25 September 1920 | Suppressed | |

## Footnotes

* ↑ Gündoğdu 2020, p. 243.
* ↑ Dash 2011.
* ↑ Sondhaus 2020, p. 104.
* ↑ Olson & Shadle 1996, p. 291; Strachan 2001, pp. 600, 636, 642.
* ↑ Strachan 2001, p. 542.
* ↑ Daly 2010, p. 113; Macmunn & Falls 1996, pp. 145–151.
* ↑ Macmunn & Falls 1996, pp. 101–153.
* ↑ Jaques 2007, p. 383.
* ↑ Strachan 2001, pp. 790, 807–808.
* ↑ Strachan 2001, pp. 807–808.
* ↑ Macro 2019, p. 81.
* ↑ London Gazette 1915.
* ↑ Koch 2006, p. 984.
* ↑ Landen 2016, pp. 392–399.