1. Germany and the Outbreak of the First World War
This was mainly due to their dominant naval power and overseas colonies, which had made them rich and powerful. ... Britain already had an overseas empire but also France and the Dutch had colonies in dispersed parts of Asia and Africa. ... He believed that Africa would only boost Germany's status as a global power holding colonies. ... As well as some colonies in Africa, the Germans managed to seize Papua New Guinea in the southern pacific, regardless of the value of the colony, it was close to the British colonies of Australia, New Zealand and Singapore and so it was seen as a direct th...
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