Former German possession in the African Great Lakes region between 1884–1919
German East Africa was a German colony in the African Great Lakes region, which included present-day Burundi, Rwanda, the Tanzania mainland, and the Kionga Triangle, a small region later incorporated into Mozambique. GEA's area was 994,996 km², which was nearly three times the area of present-day Germany and almost double the area of metropolitan Germany at the time. The colony was organised when the German military was asked in the late 1880s to put down a revolt against the activities of the German East Africa Company. It ended with Imperial Germany's defeat in World War I. Ultimately the territory was divided amongst Britain, Belgium and Portugal, and was reorganised as a mandate of the League of Nations.Wikipedia
GermanEastAfrica (GEA; German: Deutsch-Ostafrika) was a German colony in the African Great Lakes region, which included present-day Burundi, Rwanda, the Tanzania mainland, and the Kionga Triangle, a small region later incorporated into Mozambique. GEA's area was 994,996 km 2 (384,170 sq mi), [2][3] which was nearly three times the area of present-day Germany and almost double the area of ...
GermanEastAfrica, former dependency of imperial Germany, corresponding to present-day Rwanda and Burundi, the continental portion of Tanzania, and a small section of Mozambique. Penetration of the area was begun in 1884 by German commercial agents, and German claims were recognized by the other European powers in the period 1885-94.
Germany decided to create a colony in EastAfrica under the leadership of Imperial Chancellor Otto von Bismarck in February 1885. [1] Germany had recently unified in 1871 and the rapid industrialization of their society required a steady stream of raw materials. The prospect of a colony in EastAfrica was too much to ignore; it was perfect for the continued economic stability and growth of ...
The story of GermanEastAfrica has sadly been forgotten over the years. In the historyof World War I, a guerrilla war in Africa seems a strange addition to long lines of trenches in the green fields of France.
GermanEastAfrica (GEA) was a Germaneastafrica colony (known as Deutsch-Ostafrika in Germany) in the Great Lakes of Africa area that encompassed present-day Rwanda, Burundi, Mainland Tanzania, as well as the Kionga Triangle, a tiny enclave later integrated into Mozambique. The GermanEastAfrica map covered 994,996 sq. kilometers (384,170 square miles), approximately three times the size of ...
May 24, 2024Germany's colonial empire in Africa, although short-lived compared to those of Britain and France, had significant impacts on the territories it controlled. The main territories colonized by Germany in Africa were modern-day Namibia (then South West Africa), Tanzania (then GermanEastAfrica), Cameroon, and Togo.
Rebuilding: German colonial soldiers on the Tanganyika Railway at Dar es Salaam, early 20th century. The end of the First World War did not put a stop to the suffering of civilian populations caught up in the conflict. The plight of Germans, Russians, Austro-Hungarians and Italians during the 1920s are well documented. Among the major theatres of war, the least discussed among historians is ...
2 days agoTanzania - GermanEastAfrica, Wildlife, Serengeti: It was left to Germany, with its newly awakened interest in colonial expansion, to open up the country to European influences. The first agent of German imperialism was Carl Peters, who, with Count Joachim von Pfeil and Karl Juhlke, evaded the sultan of Zanzibar late in 1884 to land on the mainland and made a number of "contracts" in the ...
The German colonial empire encompassed parts of Africa and Oceania. Germany lost control of most of its colonial empire at the beginning of the First World War in 1914, but some German forces held out in GermanEastAfrica until the end of the war.
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