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AFRICA

  • German East Africa - ''Deutsch-Ostafrika''

  • ---'' Tanganyika ''; after World War I a British mandate, which in 1962 became independent and in 1964 joined with former British protectorate of the sultanate of Zanzibar to form present-day Tanzania

  • ---'' Rwanda '' (present-day)

  • ---'' Burundi '' (present-day)

  • German South West Africa - Deutsch-Südwestafrika

  • ---'' Namibia '' (present-day) except Walvisbaai

  • German West Africa -''Deutsch-Westafrika'' - existed as one unit only for two or three years, then split into two colonies due to distances:

  • ---1. ''Kamerun''; after World War I separated in a British part, '' Cameroons '', and a French Cameroun , which became present Cameroon . The British part was later split in half, with one part joining Nigeria and the other Cameroon .

  • ---2. '' Togoland ''; after World War I separated in a British part, which joined Ghana , and a French one, which became Togo



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SEE ALSO

  • New Swabia was a part of Antarctica , claimed by Nazi Germany 19 January 1939 - 25 May 1945, but not effectively colonized; the claim was completely abandoned afterward



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