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The British colonial empire
The German colonial
empire
Germany
- oversea expansionist
- "Platz an der Sonne"
- strong German navy
- not a colonial expansionist
- forced
Resignation
-Railways
- Schools (conservative)
- LOSS OF IDENTITY AND CULTURE
- Genocides
- deal of tensions
World War I
I. General Information
Motives
German union
Bismarck's resignation
1890
Versailles Treaty
1919
1871
Last unclaimed
regions
historical examples
strategies
nations
Togo
German South-west Africa
1884
WWI 1914
- German mindset:
not equally respected as other European powers
- Colonial race
- Economic interests
x
German East Africa
Cameroon
New Guinea
Force
German East Africa
1891
x
German
South-west Africa
Charters
II. Analysis
END
III. Success?
- Versailles Treaty
Colonial Life
Historical
Examples
Settlement
- Climate: limiting factor (German hydraulic engineer)
German settlers
- Lüderitzbucht by Adolf Lüderitz
- Berlin Conference
little coastal trade
- No financial profits
Foreshadowing of the Genocide
- Start of the work on the Otavi Railroad
need for African labor
- Cattle Plague --> sell remaining cattles
Work as laborers for German ranches
= social & economic structure of the tribe : destroyed
Germany had to:
Germany lost: 10% of its land
all of its overseas colonies
12.5% of its population
16% of its coalfields
almost half of its iron/ steel industries
reduce its army to 100,000 men
have no air force
have a tiny navy
accept blame for World War I and
pay compensations
- Herero rising (Samuel Maherero)
later : also with Nama
Extermination of over one hundred Germans
Genocide
Revenge
Death of 80% of the Hereros & 50% of the Namas
Survivors in concentration camps
medical experiments
build railways, buildings etc.
death due to horrendous conditions
Sources
- Carl Peters received an imperial charter
The former of the German society for colonization
later dismissed due to his cruelty to Africans
Rebellion: German troops ended them
http://regentsprep.org/regents/global/themes/imperialism/index.cfm
http://www.humanityinaction.org/knowledgebase/246-facing-the-past-to-liberate-the-future-colonial-africa-in-the-german-mind
http://www.dw.com/en/130-years-ago-carving-up-africa-in-berlin/a-18278894
https://www.wdl.org/en/item/666/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15127992
http://combatgenocide.org/?page_id=153
https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/IB_History_Review_Guide/The_Causes,_Course,_and_Effect_of_World_War_One#The_Treaty_of_Versailles
http://mubulahistory.blogspot.com.eg/2016/08/21-what-was-role-of-dr-carl-peters-in.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1cu0ra/why_did_germany_colonize_africa_in_the_late_1800s
http://www.fuhsd.net/view/7708.pdf
http://www.africareview.com/special-reports/979182-991416-11juqotz/index.html
10th Grade Worksheets (no sources mentioned)
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