Czechoslovak Togo

[1][2] However, official documents did not mention in any way the possibility that the Togo region would fall under the administration of the newly established Czechoslovakia, so the idea of a Czechoslovak overseas territory is seen only as a kind of "wish" of some inhabitants rather than a historical fact.

The idea of establishing a Czechoslovak colony came closest after the end of the First World War, when the Paris Peace Conference with the defeated Germany was taking place.

Here it was decided, among other things, that the German Empire would be stripped of its overseas territories, which included today's Togo, then known as Togoland.

[8] Some travellers, such as Vilém Němec, had the idea that large companies such as Škoda or ČKD could become involved in the colony and build their factories there, thus making use of the local labour force.

[9] In Togo, Czechoslovaks would also encounter diseases typical of the African continent, such as sleeping sickness, yellow fever and malaria, to a greater extent for the first time.