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Map of German Colonies in the Pacific, 1914. Brown, German New Guinea; Orange, North Solomons; Red, German Samoa; Yellow, Other Pacific Territories. 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 ...
The following is a list of sovereign countries and dependent territories in North America, a continent that covers the landmass north of the Colombia-Panama border as well as the islands of the Caribbean.
In this map of German colonies, yellow marks Klein-Venedig and red the Prussian colonies, some of them in the Caribbean. Klein-Venedig ("Little Venice"; also the etymology of the name "Venezuela") was the most significant part of the German colonization of the Americas between 1528 and 1546.
Name of territory Dates Status Comments The Philippines: 1898–1946 Unincorporated territory First under military administration, later under an insular government in preparation for independence [1] Cuba: 1898–1902 Provisional military government Under military administration after Spain ceded Cuba to the United States [2] Puerto Rico: 1898 ...
Category: Former German states and territories by current state. 17 languages. ... Former states and territories of North Rhine-Westphalia (7 C, 37 P) R.
The Prussian-led North German Confederation, founded in 1866, was combined with the southern states of Baden, Württemberg, Bavaria and Hesse and the formerly French newly merged Alsace–Lorraine to form the states and imperial territory of German Empire in 1871.
The following is a list of the countries and territories where German is an official language (also known as the Germanosphere). It includes countries that have German as (one of) their nationwide official language (s), as well as dependent territories with German as a co-official language.
Germany went from a territory of 468,787 km 2 [4] before the 1938 annexation of Austria to 357,022 km 2 [5] after the 1990 reunification of Germany, a loss of 24%. [6] Despite its acquisition of the formerly German territory, the war also saw Poland's territory reduced by about 20% overall because of its losses in the east to the Soviets.