tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post1492102886446202692..comments2024-03-28T10:14:21.729-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: Prewar Colonization of Africasnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-56504663689345164122015-02-21T03:57:01.255-08:002015-02-21T03:57:01.255-08:00The great game of Colonization among the powers of...The great game of Colonization among the powers of the world. They provided an area to gather raw materials (gold, diamonds, wood, metals, ivory, oil) and sell produced goods. It was an age where the world saw its role as 'civilizing' the aboriginal populations of the earth. Even the US got caught in the web after we decimated our aboriginals and took their land. We reached out to Hawaii,David John Hastiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07668499102291275170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-38592652834537425732015-02-09T10:41:40.726-08:002015-02-09T10:41:40.726-08:00"Mittelafrica" was a major German war ai..."Mittelafrica" was a major German war aim in 1914, it would consist of all the ex British and French colonies combined with the existing German African colonies.<br /><br />Fritz Fischers book, "Germany's Aims in the First World War" deals with this in great (and sometimes difficult!) detail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-60923851928239001482015-02-09T09:51:45.538-08:002015-02-09T09:51:45.538-08:00European settlement was certainly a factor in some...European settlement was certainly a factor in some places: South Africa, Rhodesia and Kenya come to mind..Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02392374641232161890noreply@blogger.com