Fun fact: the german garrison in East africa held out for the entire war, and only surrendered when they discovered that Germany had surrendered two weeks after the ceasefire
When I a kid, we lived for a couple of years (around 1974-76) in North Eastern Nigeria, in a town called Mubi. It had previously been part of Deutches Kamerun (German Cameroon) prior to 1919. Even in the mid-70s you could still commonly find Deutches Reich coins being traded and sold in the local market! 🙂
These coins still were made from solid gold and silver. This currency was more worth than the Euro or the Dollar. It would be nice to have some of them
These are all the imperial colonies of the German Empire at its greatest extent, spanning 3,503,352 square kilometers (2.36% of world land area) - Kamerun - Togoland - German Southwest Africa - German East Africa - German New Guinea - German Samoa - Tianjin Chinese leased territory - Hankou Chinese leased territory - Kiautschou Bay Chinese leased territory
Venezuela was initially a German colony, but the Welser family didnt fullfil the contract founding cities and Emperor Charles V put an end to the contract
I worked with a fella from Namibia at Disney. He spoke perfect German. Very happy guy . Learned a bit of German from him. I went on to get a book and c.d. to further the language!😊😊
Germany's most important influence was during the Berlin Conference in the 1880s: all the European powers split up Africa and gave a lot of the controversial borders we have today.
Honestly the Germans took a attitude of relative boredom to their colonies and didn't pay them much mind. This was mostly due to them seeing colonies as a waste of money.
Arguably colonies are a waste of money because unless you start building infrastructure and building its economy like the US did with the Philippines you are going to spend more time putting down rebellions and trying to secure your possessions from other nations.
@@planderlinde1969 you know I never understood why America just give the Philippine statehood after world war II. I mean that's five good states based on the five ethno linguistic divides of the country. I am aware that there were leftover Japanese collaborators who soured relations between the US and the Philippines but that's about it.
@@ericeric-zv2qs The Philippines were once considered for potential statehood before and after the Philippino American War however congress did not want a large majority non white nation to join the US so the Philippines were handed commonwealth status and could more or less run itself. Before ww2 there was already a independence movement so it only made sense the US granted the Philippines independence. After all it was a promise we made to them during the Spanish American War.
I think the only lasting impact Germany had on Africa is the fact that there is an active politician in Namibia right now called Adolf Hitler Uunona. By the way, his parents (and himself until not long ago) had no idea who they were naming their son after. When he found out, he declared that he does not intend to conquer the world.
germany still has fairly good relations with its former colonies and they were the first, to treat black and white soldiers equally on army level (German Colonial Army under Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck)
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Löwe von Afrika. He and his small number of Askari soldiers tied up hundreds of thousands of Entente troops in Africa, never defeated in the field and only surrendering several weeks after the armistice. Also when he came calling he told Hitler to fuck off, only “not so politely as that” according to someone who was there.
One thing I love about your channel, is as an American, realizing the metric system overall is better, I appreciate how you use kilometers over miles. It makes my life much easier when trying to learn the different applications for how to use it regarding distance, and other factors.
As an African living in America for over a decade and love driving long distances I find miles much more easier than kilometers, I’m just sayin. I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to switch back to metric system 😅
@@user-qh6nf2ev9s how the hell are miles easier to understand. They were based off of how long ox can run. Km were based off of a thousand meters pegged to the length of the earth
Not-fun fact; German colonial forces committed the first genocide of the 20th century in German South-West Africa, begining in 1904 and perpetrated against the Herero and Namaqua people. To give you an idea of how grim it was, a number of heads of murdered Herero people were cleaned and sent back to the homes of German officers, and gifted to universities to teach eugenics. Many of these skulls have still not been returned.
no he didn't care about African colonies, the position of Germany was mostly that colonies were a waste of time and money. German power was directed at Europe itself. He was far more mad about the loss of actual German territory filled with actual Germans for hundreds of years rather than some backwater on another continent which he had never been to that had only been owned by Germany for 30 years.
Colonies are overrated, look at london or france and tell me they had any good. Only made the countrys rely on foreign work, so they themselves grew rich but lazy. Thats why german economy and production is better then french or britans even tho they gifted 1/3 of our fatherland to the most lazy and most stupidest people on earth. Feel bad about that.
Just spoke with some Germans while on holiday and told them about former German pacific possessions and they were surprised. I told them the origin of Kanake
Yup, but today it's for people from the middle east. Remember, every Kanake is from the middle east, but not everyone from the middle east is a Kanake. At least in Germany, we don't really use that word for other people besides me's.
the asian colonies are not really talked about in german history lessons and the african ones are only briefly. THats because german colonialism was fairly short in comparison to the rest of europe
@@lordbeaverhistory how do modern history lessons affect the time span in which Germany had it´s colonies? Germanys colonial empire only lasted so short, because until 1871 Germany wasn´t even united, the big scramble for Africa didn´t even start until 1885 and Germany lost all colonies in 1918.
@@RobbieNguyen yea, ww2 was a war of crazy ideologies where its easy to identify the evil ones. WW1 was quite pointless because it was just about who will have more territory, colonies, greed basically ... but soldiers fought for their country they loved and there were no evil or good guys... just nations going to longass war for dumb reasons
You could have mentioned that German East Africa hold out to the and of the war always beating the brits (rather there Colonials) and even taking British territory
Germany only had colonies to prevent other European's from having them. They chose land that would be inconvenient and get in the way of other imperial goals.
Germany also hat colonies in the pacific and in asia. In fact Germany was the 4th biggest colonial power. This chapter of german history is still not processed
If I’m not mistaken, Germany, or at least some Deutschland residents might have some legal grievances with Yemen. Apparently, every time I travel there, there’s always at least that one guy to remind you sarcastically, Yemen stole our flag. even though that’s technically not historically accurate, I still find it amusing every time I travel there.
Germany wanted to have a high mountain in Africa, the big boss gave them mt Kilimanjaro. Thats why there is a weird looking border between Kenya and Tanzanaia
@@DeamonDragoon You people can't stop quoting Voltaire, who wrote that long after the HRE's heydday and long after the disastrous Treaty of Westfalen. You wouldn't say that during the reign of Otto der Grosse, or Frederich II Barbarossa.
German East Africa didn’t include Zanzibar, Zanzibar was then an independent sultanate. The mainland part of German East Africa that was raked over by Britain later became an independent nation as the country of Tanganyika in 1961 and it merged with Zanzibar in 1964 to form Tanzania.
Ruanda-Urundi, prezent day Rwanda and Burundi which were a part of german east africa were awarded to Belgium and also Germany had German Papua and German Samoa
Every African should learn from this and support those West African nations and in fact the whole continent from imperialism and neocolonialism. De-entanle yourself from the vehicles of imperialism such as UN, World Bank, IMF etc. Come to a consensus on a form of government that will work for your people based on your culture and that will lift your masses out of poverty. It could be anything as long as it does not deal a blow on human dignity and not necessarily what is being forcefully passed down your throat that multiplies corruption among your elite and that does not serve your interest. The uploader of this video left out the horrible crimes committed by the Germans and their cousins against the natives of the land in the process of acquiring these so called colonies!
That's not how a World War peace treaty works... They didn't say "it's mine now" at all. There were lengthy discussions with all parties involved and a lot of the land mentioned in this video were given to Britain through League of Nations mandates/basically UN zones of occupation under British management.
This was the real cause of the World War 1. It was about European imperialism. They were fighting over territories in Afrika before they 'agreed' on the divisions at the Berlin conference in 1884-85.
Sorry what? Most Advanced African Nations Are 1 South Africa 2 Egypt 3 Nigeria 4 Kenya 5 Ghana Guess what they all have in common In fact all but 2 of the top ten most advanced African nations are former British colonies.
@@chazzerbox131 I said they *were* The germans build more Infrastructure, Hospitals and stuff. Also The french and brits later took over and ruled far longer than the germans so The Arguement is shit
No it was Czechoslovakia that wanted it, but the Allies denied the request. The country was also landlocked, so good luck maintaining that colony lmao.
@@tylerbozinovski427 imagine though. would Togo speak Czech or Slovakian or both? Would it have even made a difference seeing as it would have only lasted like 15 years
German East Africa wasn't just given to Britain, Rwanda and Burundi were instead taken by Belgium
It was a reward for being able to hold back the Germans longer than anyone expected
Belgium was awarded those territories as a League of Nations mandate, as Tanganyika was for the UK.
Which we were especially mad about. Screw those swamp-baguette wannabe colonizer pricks
Belgium and Germany screwed over Rwanda, people were living in harmony then the colonizers spread their superior race propaganda
Belgium no longer mentioned cause it's no longer a super power , European failed state 404😂
britain with german colonies after ww1
"is for me?" 🥺
Replace Britain with Japan in the Pacific
@@mysteriousDSFLet’s not forget Poland and France taking German territory as well
@@1CE. rightfully theirs???
🥺👉👈 *iss por me?* 🔫🚢🚢🚢
@@thankusa9795 The German territories gained by them was largely German actually
Even other colonizers aren’t safe from Britain💀
💀
That's the name of the game. Germany got caught lacking so Britain took over
The Italians didn't seem to see it coming either.
@@tylerbozinovski427 tbf at least Italy got some back (Somalia)
@@TheT-90thatstaresintoyoursoul Yeah, but as a UN trusteeship.
Fun fact: the german garrison in East africa held out for the entire war, and only surrendered when they discovered that Germany had surrendered two weeks after the ceasefire
Legendary general
That garrison was also the first modern garrison to have racially mixed units.
I heard that the literal first and last shot of WWI was fired in Africa.
@@Cadence733 Heard the first casualty was also in Africa. Dude died from a sword wound.
Lettow Vorbeck
When I a kid, we lived for a couple of years (around 1974-76) in North Eastern Nigeria, in a town called Mubi.
It had previously been part of Deutches Kamerun (German Cameroon) prior to 1919.
Even in the mid-70s you could still commonly find Deutches Reich coins being traded and sold in the local market! 🙂
These coins still were made from solid gold and silver. This currency was more worth than the Euro or the Dollar. It would be nice to have some of them
Cool
How old are
*Deutsches 😊
@@Aspect-47 He's probably older than 40
These are all the imperial colonies of the German Empire at its greatest extent, spanning 3,503,352 square kilometers (2.36% of world land area)
- Kamerun
- Togoland
- German Southwest Africa
- German East Africa
- German New Guinea
- German Samoa
- Tianjin Chinese leased territory
- Hankou Chinese leased territory
- Kiautschou Bay Chinese leased territory
Deutsch Südwestafrika, Deutsch Ostafrika, Kamerun, Togoland, Deutsch Neuguinea, Deutsch Samoa, und der Deutsche kolonien in China
Back when Germany was based asf
@@obiden5286 based on what? Colonizing is by far the stupidest thing a country can make, im lucky they took our colonies
@@georgemurdock7670 If other countries can do it why can't Germany?
@@therealrtx5645 cuz why should it?
Some people in Namibia still speak German to this day.
Not to mention there's a -decent- population of ethnic Germans living there
And one of their local president Adolf hitler
@sussy gaming it's in Austria
And has a local councilor named Adolf Hitler, what a chad
@greeceball *😎
We also had a small settlement in China, where today China’s largest brewery is located, and in Oceania (Samoa).
In north Papua new Guinea too
Venezuela was initially a German colony, but the Welser family didnt fullfil the contract founding cities and Emperor Charles V put an end to the contract
German Empire had a concession in Qingdao
@@ahoraya1047 Yeah like France who almost got India, Sudan, Egypt or Mexico
It was the city of Chingdao right?
Germany: *controlls parts of Africa*
Britain: "and I took that personally"
You mean
"And I i took that '
In Namibia we still have many German buildings in our country. There are also German schools & churches here & about 7% of our population are Germans
I worked with a fella from Namibia at Disney. He spoke perfect German. Very happy guy . Learned a bit of German from him. I went on to get a book and c.d. to further the language!😊😊
Shoutout to all German speakers in Africa🇨🇲🇹🇬🇷🇼🇧🇮🇹🇿🇳🇦
Hey I actually come from rwanda and nobody speaks German here.
Yeah most of those countries have been de - germanized the only possible exception being namibia
Those countries do not talk german. in namibia german is hanging on with 4 fingers. a generation later ,german will be dead
All four of them
@@SonicChao113 There's still a significant amount of remnants of Germany's presence in Tanzania and Cameroon. Idk about Togo though.
It would be cool to know why german colonisation of Africa had a influence in Africa
Yes, instead of talking about how long each of them lasted he could have said something about that.
Germany's most important influence was during the Berlin Conference in the 1880s: all the European powers split up Africa and gave a lot of the controversial borders we have today.
The president of Namibia is Adolf Hitler. That can be an influence
@@shoukatsukai but most of the modern day borders were made after WW2, right?
@@shoukatsukai Berlingay referendum, dividing each African nation, causing mess
Have you heard about the german afri-
"Yes"
Honestly the Germans took a attitude of relative boredom to their colonies and didn't pay them much mind. This was mostly due to them seeing colonies as a waste of money.
Arguably colonies are a waste of money because unless you start building infrastructure and building its economy like the US did with the Philippines you are going to spend more time putting down rebellions and trying to secure your possessions from other nations.
@@planderlinde1969 you know I never understood why America just give the Philippine statehood after world war II. I mean that's five good states based on the five ethno linguistic divides of the country. I am aware that there were leftover Japanese collaborators who soured relations between the US and the Philippines but that's about it.
@@ericeric-zv2qs The Philippines were once considered for potential statehood before and after the Philippino American War however congress did not want a large majority non white nation to join the US so the Philippines were handed commonwealth status and could more or less run itself. Before ww2 there was already a independence movement so it only made sense the US granted the Philippines independence. After all it was a promise we made to them during the Spanish American War.
The Herero would like to know your location.
@@CG-yq2xy oh yeah they slaughter them. Including others. Also look up what happened to that tribe in Angola. It will give you nightmares.
I think the only lasting impact Germany had on Africa is the fact that there is an active politician in Namibia right now called Adolf Hitler Uunona.
By the way, his parents (and himself until not long ago) had no idea who they were naming their son after. When he found out, he declared that he does not intend to conquer the world.
Idk if that's related to Germany colonising Namibia, especially since there's a politician in India's Tamil Nadu province named after Stalin.
@@tylerbozinovski427 i'm pretty sure it's related because of the German language and heritage still present in the country, but who knows.
Thats like discovering you are named "Darth Vader" in the SW universe; and then declaring "Ayo Im really chill; believe me guys" 😄
AD/AC *Back to Black*
germany still has fairly good relations with its former colonies and they were the first, to treat black and white soldiers equally on army level (German Colonial Army under Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck)
The fighting in Africa during WW1, though on a immensely smaller scale than the war in Europe, is none the less a fascinating aspect of the war.
Especially in East Africa and the failed rebellion in South Africa
DAMN BRITISH
You traded all afrikaans koloni to several poor eastern european lands, just to get retaken till 1991 by Cringe Russian
Uncommon Deutschland L
French too
Thanks for the colonies chap it made us the biggest empire!
@@britannicgeneral7460You stook your nose where it didn’t belong.
1600s: Spain and Portugal dividing up the world
1900s: France and Britain dividing up the world
1946 USA and Soviet Union dividing up the world
1991-Present: US rules the world
2000s: China and USA dividing up the World.
2050 USA CHINA dividing the global market
@@Sceptonic🇨🇳👀
UK: lemme take your entire stock
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Löwe von Afrika. He and his small number of Askari soldiers tied up hundreds of thousands of Entente troops in Africa, never defeated in the field and only surrendering several weeks after the armistice.
Also when he came calling he told Hitler to fuck off, only “not so politely as that” according to someone who was there.
German colonies: You have freed us!
Britain and france: Oh, I wouldn't say "freed" more like "under new management"
Germany did not own the entire Tanzania. They traded zanzibar for heligoland. Tanzania-Zanzibar = Tanganyika
And the Caprivi Strip.
Encouraged the Swahili language
Sometimes I wonder how much hate wouldn’t had established if European countries just wouldn’t have colonized other nations.
Just wonder how underdeveloped and poor many places would be if they weren’t made colonies of a European power
One thing I love about your channel, is as an American, realizing the metric system overall is better, I appreciate how you use kilometers over miles. It makes my life much easier when trying to learn the different applications for how to use it regarding distance, and other factors.
That's the most Un-American thing I've ever heard.
@@Harib_Al-Saq next thing usa did was to recalling soccer to Football
As an African living in America for over a decade and love driving long distances I find miles much more easier than kilometers, I’m just sayin. I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to switch back to metric system 😅
traitor
@@user-qh6nf2ev9s how the hell are miles easier to understand. They were based off of how long ox can run. Km were based off of a thousand meters pegged to the length of the earth
Yes, there are maps in history books. New Guinea, Samoa, and the Carolinas were also part of the Empire, along with a Chinese port.
Carolinas?
Fun fact: German was almost elected as the official language of the US at some point
@@Sceptonic Marianas and Carolinas. Japan got them after WWI .
@@nottherealChickenJoe
As it is, there is no official language
But let's be grateful to the great products Togo shared us. Coffee Togo and all the other Togo products.
Not-fun fact; German colonial forces committed the first genocide of the 20th century in German South-West Africa, begining in 1904 and perpetrated against the Herero and Namaqua people. To give you an idea of how grim it was, a number of heads of murdered Herero people were cleaned and sent back to the homes of German officers, and gifted to universities to teach eugenics. Many of these skulls have still not been returned.
Very violent indeed
*Germany exists in Africa*
Britain: ha, .... I don't think so
Same thing in the pacific, but with Japan instead of Britain
@@MatthiasDrinksH20and that only happened as well cause Britain wanted Japan to take them
A big lasting effect is in last names, for example there’s a politician in Namibia who is named “Adolf Hitler”
papua new guinea: **laughing in a corner**
Inaccurate: German East Africa lasted until aftee WWI 23 November 1918
Yeah but in Zambia lmao.
@@tylerbozinovski427 Mozambique actually
@@Sceptonic The Germans surrendered in Abercorn (now Mbala in Zambia).
@@tylerbozinovski427 oh
Yes I did know but thanks for sharing the details. I had no idea that Rwanda's and Burundi's territory were under German control.
The German empire has a territory in Asia back in ww1
Yes, and German colonists were among the most racist and brutal against the African people.
Belgians take the cake
France and England after WW1: *hippity hoppity this colony is now my property*
And that's why short mustache guy got mad
He got mad cuz you fuckers impoverished our nation and threatened our existence and wellbeing.
no he didn't care about African colonies, the position of Germany was mostly that colonies were a waste of time and money. German power was directed at Europe itself.
He was far more mad about the loss of actual German territory filled with actual Germans for hundreds of years rather than some backwater on another continent which he had never been to that had only been owned by Germany for 30 years.
One of Thomas Pynchon's early novels, "V" partly takes place in German South-West Africa.
Shouldve also mentioned what germans did in namibia with hereros and namaquas
Britain: We gonna free you from germans
Britain: look what l got
Is no one gonna talk about how smooth the loop is?
Yes.
I feel bad for Germany
It lost every single colony it had
Colonies are overrated, look at london or france and tell me they had any good. Only made the countrys rely on foreign work, so they themselves grew rich but lazy. Thats why german economy and production is better then french or britans even tho they gifted 1/3 of our fatherland to the most lazy and most stupidest people on earth. Feel bad about that.
Don't feel bad
But we did get Helgoland :)
They deserve it for all the genocide they were commiting
why does britain take everything
Because they used to rule the waves, like the USA does today
because he is a thief. just like his son USA.
And there was that other one from the 1800s thar lasted until Ww1 when it was taken over by Brita-
We all know that being colonized by germany it's a thousand times better than...Belgium
And every other Country
It's even better than being colonized by the British
Cuz germans didn’t colonised for resources or labor but out of peer pressure 😞
True
yes
Tanzania isn't the right nation Tanzania is a unification between Tanganyika and zanzibar so it'd be tananyika
Fun fact: there was a proposal for Togo to be a Czechoslovak colony
France and Britain be like WE TOOK EVEY GERMAN COLONY IS AFRICA
The video was kinda wrong. Belgium also took a few German colonies in Africa
You forget about Zanzibar which Germany traded for Helgoland with Britain.
Just spoke with some Germans while on holiday and told them about former German pacific possessions and they were surprised. I told them the origin of Kanake
Yup, but today it's for people from the middle east.
Remember, every Kanake is from the middle east, but not everyone from the middle east is a Kanake. At least in Germany, we don't really use that word for other people besides me's.
the asian colonies are not really talked about in german history lessons and the african ones are only briefly. THats because german colonialism was fairly short in comparison to the rest of europe
@@lordbeaverhistory how do modern history lessons affect the time span in which Germany had it´s colonies? Germanys colonial empire only lasted so short, because until 1871 Germany wasn´t even united, the big scramble for Africa didn´t even start until 1885 and Germany lost all colonies in 1918.
Tanganyika, not Tanzania. That name came after and includes the Island of Zanzibar, which German East Africa did not include.
Present day, being the key term
German East Africa didn't own all the territories of modern Tanzania as Zanzibar was under British control.
I just feel bad for Germany… they really fought more than half of the world with a few tiny or incompetent allies.
Well they also committed a mass genocide along with their Japanese buddy during the second attempt.
@@RobbieNguyen yea, ww2 was a war of crazy ideologies where its easy to identify the evil ones.
WW1 was quite pointless because it was just about who will have more territory, colonies, greed basically ... but soldiers fought for their country they loved and there were no evil or good guys... just nations going to longass war for dumb reasons
knew all about it but still learned a lil bit in this video. glad u making content like this tho
You could have mentioned that German East Africa hold out to the and of the war always beating the brits (rather there Colonials) and even taking British territory
"The German Empire consists of a small sausage factory in Tanganyika" some anon British Army Captain , WW1
Germany only had colonies to prevent other European's from having them. They chose land that would be inconvenient and get in the way of other imperial goals.
They committed genocide in Namibia in 1904 to 1908
Britain after ww1: Im taking Africa
Everyone else: Say what?
Britain: Did i stutter?
+small labd in asia
+islands in Oceania
Britain and france declare war on germany when it invaded poland, but also Ussr invade poland and they just take a blindeye on that
this isnt ww2 bruv
They also had a piece of China
The lesson:is that Britain has a role in every land situation/conflict 💀💀
No.
@@___E yes,they basically invaded and attacked 90% of the world's countries,And created strife between countries because of the borders they created
And they're always the good guys
Right?
@@MatthiasDrinksH20 nope,
@@MatthiasDrinksH20 yeah definitely 💀💀
Germany also hat colonies in the pacific and in asia. In fact Germany was the 4th biggest colonial power. This chapter of german history is still not processed
German East Africa was not all given to Britain. Burundi and Rwanda became part of the Belgian Congo.
There was also the various Pacific Islands, German New Guinea, and Tsingtao.
HEIA SAFARI!
Deutschland und ehemals Deutsche Afrikanische Kolonien in ewiger Verbundenheit.
Ehre den Askari!
The British really put a goofy aah girafe on their flag
If I’m not mistaken, Germany, or at least some Deutschland residents might have some legal grievances with Yemen. Apparently, every time I travel there, there’s always at least that one guy to remind you sarcastically, Yemen stole our flag. even though that’s technically not historically accurate, I still find it amusing every time I travel there.
🤣 Based yemeni trolling westerners
Britain always has to have the biggest slice huh
Never talks about Namibian genocide conducted by the germans there
Relatively speaking, I wouldn’t really describe it as significant
You also said that German South West Africa was taken over by South Africa, well it eventually became an independent nation in 1990 as Namibia.
You forgot German Papua New Guinea
And German Samoa
@@lanudaseret7915 Are those in Africa?
THE BRITISH NEVER STOP EXPANDING
Actually in Namibia there is a president that has the same name of a German dictator that ruled during 1945 💀☠️
He ruled from 1933 to 1945
No he's just a regional level politician. We won't allow him to ascend to parliament due to his name
WW1:im about to end this man's whole career
Germany wanted to have a high mountain in Africa, the big boss gave them mt Kilimanjaro. Thats why there is a weird looking border between Kenya and Tanzanaia
I miss the German Empire (Not the No no Austrian Mustache Man’s Empire)
Do you mean the HRE or the Kaiserreich?
@@MatthiasDrinksH20 the hre wasnt holy wasn't a empire and damn wasn't roman lmao
@@DeamonDragoon You people can't stop quoting Voltaire, who wrote that long after the HRE's heydday and long after the disastrous Treaty of Westfalen. You wouldn't say that during the reign of Otto der Grosse, or Frederich II Barbarossa.
@@Sigmar_Unberogen_Heldenhammer you're right, i wouldnt say that because i wouldnt be alive 😶🌫/j
noone ever Pays Attention to the African Theatre
Do you mean ww1 or ww2, because I don't think that's true for ww2.
@@MatthiasDrinksH20 ww1
German New Guinea?
The funny bit was that Togoland tried to join the Federal Republic of West Germany after 1949, but the application was turned down.
Asian German colonies: what about me????
German east Africa as some amazing military history during ww1
Telling the truth I like German Empire more than German Reich 😏
Yes I did know that
Nambia's 'pan handle' looks like Afghanistan's. A video on why these exist would be great. Thanks.
German East Africa didn’t include Zanzibar, Zanzibar was then an independent sultanate. The mainland part of German East Africa that was raked over by Britain later became an independent nation as the country of Tanganyika in 1961 and it merged with Zanzibar in 1964 to form Tanzania.
Ruanda-Urundi, prezent day Rwanda and Burundi which were a part of german east africa were awarded to Belgium and also Germany had German Papua and German Samoa
Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck was the best German general in the First World War. He was a master of guerilla warfare.
significant? LMAO THEIR EMPIRE WAS SMOL
if just british gave too a large amount of colonies to italian, they will happily join allies in ww2, but instead this 2 takes everything
Every African should learn from this and support those West African nations and in fact the whole continent from imperialism and neocolonialism. De-entanle yourself from the vehicles of imperialism such as UN, World Bank, IMF etc. Come to a consensus on a form of government that will work for your people based on your culture and that will lift your masses out of poverty. It could be anything as long as it does not deal a blow on human dignity and not necessarily what is being forcefully passed down your throat that multiplies corruption among your elite and that does not serve your interest. The uploader of this video left out the horrible crimes committed by the Germans and their cousins against the natives of the land in the process of acquiring these so called colonies!
I hate how Britain just said "yeah it's mine now"
That's not how a World War peace treaty works... They didn't say "it's mine now" at all. There were lengthy discussions with all parties involved and a lot of the land mentioned in this video were given to Britain through League of Nations mandates/basically UN zones of occupation under British management.
This was the real cause of the World War 1. It was about European imperialism. They were fighting over territories in Afrika before they 'agreed' on the divisions at the Berlin conference in 1884-85.
The German colonies were the most developed
True 👌
Only togo
Sorry what?
Most Advanced African Nations Are
1 South Africa
2 Egypt
3 Nigeria
4 Kenya
5 Ghana
Guess what they all have in common
In fact all but 2 of the top ten most advanced African nations are former British colonies.
@@chazzerbox131 I said they *were*
The germans build more Infrastructure, Hospitals and stuff.
Also The french and brits later took over and ruled far longer than the germans so The Arguement is shit
@@chazzerbox131 you have zero argument
Rip Germany being based asf
Bring back Colonialism!
East Africa colony also had parts of Portuguese East Africa
Fun fact allies wanted to give czechoslovakia togo. But it was i guess denied😢
No it was Czechoslovakia that wanted it, but the Allies denied the request. The country was also landlocked, so good luck maintaining that colony lmao.
@@tylerbozinovski427 imagine though. would Togo speak Czech or Slovakian or both? Would it have even made a difference seeing as it would have only lasted like 15 years
Nowonder USA was soo pissed and won't join LoN
They almost get nothing
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