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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".
The German colonial empire and its protectorates in 1914. Germans had dreamed of colonial imperialism since 1848. [48] Although Bismarck had little interest in acquiring overseas possessions, most Germans were enthusiastic, and by 1884 he had acquired German New Guinea. [49]
German colonies in Africa, 1914. The following were German African protectorates: Kionga Triangle, 1894–1916; German South West Africa, 1884–1915; German West Africa, 1884–1915 Togoland, 1884–1916; Kamerun, from 1884–1916; Kapitaï and Koba, 1884–1885; Mahinland, March 11, 1885 – October 24, 1885; German East Africa, 1885–1918
Map of Kiautschou Bay with Tsingtau, 1905. The Kiautschou Bay Leased Territory [a] was a German leased territory in Imperial and Early Republican China from 1898 to 1914. Covering an area of 552 km 2 (213 sq mi), it centered on Kiautschou Bay (Jiaozhou Bay) on the southern coast of the Shandong Peninsula.
The territories of the German Empire were declared, which included the states of the North German Confederation and all of the south German states, with the major exception of Austria. The empire also annexed the formerly French territory of Alsace-Lorraine, due in large part to Ludwig's desire to move the French frontier away from the Palatinate.
Asuncion (1873) California (1818) Chile (1817–1818 during the Chilean war of independence) Equatorial Guinea (1810–1815) [3] Falkland Islands and Dependencies (1829–1831, 1832–1833, 1982) Formosa; Gobierno del Cerrito (1843–1851) Gonaïves, Haití. [4] Misiones; Paraguay (1873) Patagonia; Peru (1820–1822 during the Independence of ...
Germany lost all of its colonies in Asia. German New Guinea, a part of Papua New Guinea, became administered by Australia. German possessions and concessions in China, including Qingdao, became the subject of a controversy during the Paris Peace Conference when the Beiyang government in China agreed to cede these interests to Japan, to the ...
German New Guinea (German: Deutsch-Neuguinea) consisted of the northeastern part of the island of New Guinea and several nearby island groups and was the first part of the German colonial empire. The mainland part of the territory, called Kaiser-Wilhelmsland, became a German protectorate in 1884. Other island groups were added subsequently.