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It gave an impetus to German assertiveness as a world economic and military power, aimed at competing with France and the British Empire for world power. German colonial rule in Africa 1884–1914 was an expression of nationalism and moral superiority that was justified by constructing an image of the natives as "Other".
7 August – World War I: French and British forces invade and occupy the German colony of Togoland. 9 August: World War I: Battle of Mulhouse begins, the opening attack of by the French army against Germany. World War I: The German submarine Unterseeboot 15 is sunk by the British HMS Birmingham. [1] 23 August. The Republic of China cancels the ...
These were German colonies established in the Pacific: German New Guinea, 1884–1919 Kaiser-Wilhelmsland, 1885–1914; Bismarck Archipelago, 1885–1914; German Solomon Islands Protectorate, 1885–1914 Bougainville Island, 1885–1914; Buka Island, 1885–1914; Choiseul Island, 1885–1900; Shortland Islands, 1885–1900; Santa Isabel Island ...
Corn Islands (1914–1971) Canton and Enderbury Islands; Caroline Islands; Cuba (Platt Amendment turned Cuba into a protectorate – until Cuban Revolution) Falkland Islands (1832) Guantánamo Bay; Guam; Gulangyu Island (1903–1945) Haiti (1915–1934) Hawaii; Indian Territory (1834–1907) Isle of Pines (1899–1925)
Afrikaans; العربية; বাংলা; Башҡортса; Беларуская; Български; Bosanski; Català; Čeština; Dansk; Deutsch; Ελληνικά
1914 establishments in the German colonial empire (1 C) G. 1914 in German East Africa (3 P) 1914 in German New Guinea (1 C, 4 P) 1914 in German South West Africa (1 C ...
British America (New Britain) . Canada. Island of St. John; Rupert's Land (A private estate stretching from the Atlantic to the Rocky Mountains, and from the prairies to the Arctic Circle.
Widely recognized state. The following are colonies, concessions and protectorates of Germany: German East Africa (Colony to November 25, 1918) German Kiautschou (Concession to November 7, 1914) German New Guinea (Protectorate to June 28, 1919) German Samoa (Protectorate) German South-West Africa (Colony to June 28, 1919) Hankou (Concession to ...