French Conquest of Wadai Sultanate

Years 1909 1911 Battle deaths 12,000 The militaristic Ouaddai opposed French domination until being overcome on June 6, 1909 with the occupation of the capital Abeche by French troops where a puppet sultan was installed. Resistance continued until the last independent sultan was captured in 1912 bringing the sultanate to an end. It became part of the independent Republic of Chad on that countrys independence in 1960. The Ouadda