British West Africa

Flag of British West Africa

**British West Africa** Officially the **Sierra Leone Colony And Protectorate** is the last remnant of British Authority in Africa aside from South Africa. It is a Unitary Colonial Government like nearby Mittleafrika with an appointed governor of the protectorate but still under the control of the king in London, and thus it is ruled by the house of Windsor. British West Africa for the first part of the Second Weltkrieg was under the control of the French Republic but was still nominally under the control of Canada. However after the Liberation of France, British West Africa was restored to British control on the 28th of October 1945. For the rest of the Weltkrieg British West Africa was able to supply some troops for the liberation of Ireland but the colony wasn't really valuable for the Entente's war effort. Due to its status as a British Colony, British West Africa is a member of the Entente and will likely join N.A.T.O

## History

In 1936 British West Africa was underneath the Administration of the French Republic as still a nominally British Colony. However the agreement between Algiers and Ottawa is that the French would control the colony until the French were able to return to the mainland and in the meantime they could do what they wished with the colony. Then Black Monday came and British West Africa was hit hard by the crisis and the colony and much of the southern end of the French Republic would gain revolutionary ideals. However these feelings were lessened in the former British colonies who still felt loyalty to the government in Ottawa and thus wished to remain underneath France under orders from the British government. West African troops would end up being conscripted along with Gambia's to go suppress revolutions and it would only be the Wadai empire that would attempt to break away, thus beginning the Wadai war. The Wadai were quickly suppressed and it would be the troops of British West Africa that would take its capital. When the Entente joined the Second Weltkrieg the French conscripted a few units from the area and they would be used in the landings from Nice to Genoa. However these colonial troops were mostly held back until the French were able to take the city of Lyon after witch the British West African troops were sent to go and help the French advance to the west. When the French Commune collapsed in 1945 the promise that the French gave to Britain was fulfilled and Sierra Leone was given to the British empire. However Gambia was not given back to Britain given the state of the colony and the fact that the Canadian government couldn't at the time afford to sustain the colony. For the next three years British West Africa would be mostly on the side lines as the rest of the war would go on. West African forces would take place in the landings near Limerick as mostly a courtecy by the colonial administration. However with the end of the war the future of British West Africa is in question. the first question is what the future of Gambia will be and weather or not it should be handed back in the state that the colony is in. The Next question is weather or not British West Africa should be given a treatment similar to that of the Union of South Africa and given its own home rule, or if it a tighter hold should be force upon the colony. And with the rise of rebellious sentiment across Africa and calls for decolonization rise it remains to be seen wether or not the colony will simply fall to the revolutions that are sure to come across the continent in the following colonies.

## Military

West Africa's military is a small colonial garrison mostly just there to protect the colony in case of hostilities with Germany. West Africa has a small army of only a few divisions with slightly less than their neighbor of Liberia. West Africa's navy and air force are supplied by Canada who keeps a small force in the area but has not handed them over to the Colonial administration.