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German Africa

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noun

  1. the former German colonies in Africa, comprising German East Africa, German Southwest Africa, Cameroons, and Togoland.


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In the same review Emil Zimmermann explains the rôle of German East Africa in the future scheme of world power: German Africa would have balance of power in the East.

From World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. by Allen L. (Allen Leon) Churchill

Then there may be an army of 1,000,000 men in German Africa, and the colony will have its own war navy, like Brazil.

From Religion and the War by Various

German Africa alone will give us a balance of power in the East and in Africa.

From World's War Events Volume 3 Beginning with the departure of the first American destroyers for service abroad in April, 1917, and closing with the treaties of peace in 1919. by Allen L. (Allen Leon) Churchill

I pictured a flight across the Kalahari to German Africa, the crackling, parching days, the wonderful blue-velvet nights.

From The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan

No doubt the two German warships which escaped had warned their consort of her danger, and she had sailed for some port in German Africa.

From The Cruise of the Dry Dock by T. S. Stribling

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