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Was the German Colonial Empire Successful?

The British colonial empire

Benefits?

The German colonial

empire

Germany

Colonies

POLICY

Kaiser William II.

OTTO VON BISMARCK

"not good at foreign policy"

- 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

INDEX

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

Togo

Cameroon

x

Motives, Strategies, Colonies and Timeline

II. Analysis

II. 1. Policy {Otto von Bismarck vs. William II.}

II. 2. Historical Examples

a) South West Africa

b) East Africa

II. 3. Relationship with the colonies

(Genocide)

II. 4. Benefits {Germany & the colonies}

II. 5. End of the German colonial empire

END

III. Success?

- Versailles Treaty

German South-west Africa

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

First Genocide of the 20th Century : 1904 - 1907

- 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

German East Africa

- 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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