When the Allies declared war on Germany, both sides’ colonies had been automatically included: South Africa was part of the British Commonwealth and Germany had colonies in GSWA and German East ...

when Tanganyika was part of German East Africa. Before it died away, at least 20 Tanganyikans were dead, whole blocks of the Arab and Indian quarters lay in ruins, and President Julius Nyerere’s ...

A British liner carrying 30,000 chests of tea was captured by a German cruiser off the east coast of Africa, just two days in to the war. So it was imperative to Britain that Germany’s long ...

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