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Reasons for the outbreak of World War One
The war in Europe spread to Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, as British ... in the trenches during WW1. Following the assassination, Austria-Hungary approached Germany to see if they would ...
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1914: SA, WW1 and Afrikaner Rebellion
White Afrikaners, most of who espoused little affection for the British Empire, served in their thousands during the 1914-18 campaigns in Germany's South West and East Africa colonies. South African ...
Newsday10d
A promise to an African grandmother: Shining a light on Germany's colonial past
From 1885 to 1919, the region was part of German East Africa, a huge colony almost three times the size of present-day ...
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Germany temporarily shuts embassy in South Sudan amid fears of civil war
BERLIN, March 22 (Reuters) - Germany has temporarily closed its embassy in South Sudan's capital Juba because of rising tensions that have brought the East African country to the verge of civil ...
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A promise to an African grandmother: Shining a light on Germany’s colonial past
From 1885 to 1919, the region was part of German East Africa, a huge colony almost three times the size of present-day Germany. Mboro grew up with stories about the king whom the Germans hanged ...
German parliament agrees to €1 trillion for war
Three goals are being pursued with Germany’s massive rearmament offensive: Breaking free from military dependence on the US, ...