Tanganyika was a territory administered by the
United Kingdom from 1916 until 1961. The UK initially administered the territory as an occupying power with the
Royal Navy and British Indian infantry seizing the territory from the Germans in 1916. From 20 July 1922, British administration was formalised by Tanganyika being created a British
League of Nations mandate. From 1946, it was administered by the UK as a
United Nations trust territory.