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Bismarck's Colonial Gambit: Germany's African Empire
In this episode of The History of Germany: Kingdoms, War, and Rebuilding Europe, Lucas and Luna explore Otto von Bismarck's reluctant entry into colonialism. While Bismarck famously dismissed overseas possessions as 'not worth the bones of a single Pomeranian grenadier,' by the mid-1880s he presided over the Berlin Conference and the scramble for Africa, securing territories in Togo, Cameroon, German South-West Africa, and German East Africa. We examine the motivations behind this shift—diplomatic maneuvering against Britain, domestic political pressures, and the role of…
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