Realm · 1871–1918
German Africa
German Africa appears on the map from 1871 to 1918. At its greatest recorded extent, in 1911, it covered about 2.67 million km².
One of the realms of German Empire and Germany. The German Empire was proclaimed at Versailles in January 1871, after Prussia under Otto von Bismarck defeated France and united the German states except Austria. It quickly became Europe's leading industrial and scientific power and gained colonies in Africa and the Pacific, where a rising in German South West Africa was crushed in the genocide of the Herero and Nama.
See German Africa on the map in 1911
- On the map
- 1871–1918
- Greatest extent
- 1911, about 2.67 million km²
Territory through time
| Years | Area drawn |
|---|---|
| 1871–1884 | 1,898 km² |
| 1885–1889 | 803,083 km² |
| 1890–1894 | 1.06 million km² |
| 1895–1897 | 2.11 million km² |
| 1898–1899 | 2.13 million km² |
| 1900–1904 | 2.15 million km² |
| 1905–1910 | 2.34 million km² |
| 1911–1913 | 2.67 million km² |
| 1914 | 2.67 million km² |
| 1915 | 2.59 million km² |
| 1916 | 834,316 km² |
| 1917 | 203,274 km² |
| 1918 | 32,816 km² |
Related
- German Empire and Germany empire
- First World War 28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918