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    German East Africa (GEA; German: Deutsch-Ostafrika) was a German colony in the African Great Lakes region, which included present-day Burundi, Rwanda,...
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    The German East Africa Company (German: Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Gesellschaft, abbreviated DOAG) was a chartered colonial organization that brought about...
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    British East Africa, the Uganda, and the Belgian Congo. The campaign all but ended in German East Africa in November 1917 when the Germans entered Mozambique...
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    parts of the British East Africa Protectorate and German East Africa. Further extending East Africa's definition, the Horn of Africa—comprising Djibouti...
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    Germany lost control of most of its colonial empire at the beginning of the First World War in 1914, but some German forces held out in German East Africa...
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    East Africa Protectorate (also known as British East Africa) was a British protectorate in the African Great Lakes, occupying roughly the same area as...
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    Burundi) German Kamerun (now Cameroon and part of Nigeria, 1884–1916) German East Africa (now Rwanda, Burundi and most of Tanzania, 1885–1919) German South-West...
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    impose them. The German rule of East Africa was solely based on force and German officials inspired great terror. When the Germans were in control of...
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    The Rupie was the currency of German East Africa between 1890 and 1916, continuing to circulate in the Tanganyika Territory until 1920. The Indian rupee...
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    East Germany (German: Ostdeutschland, [ˈɔstˌdɔʏtʃlant] ), officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR; Deutsche Demokratische Republik, [ˈdɔʏtʃə...
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    against the German colonies of Kamerun, Togoland, German South West Africa, and German East Africa. The campaigns were fought by German Schutztruppe...
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    German West Africa (Deutsch-Westafrika) was an informal designation for the areas in West Africa that were part of the German Colonial Empire between...
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    German South West Africa (German: Deutsch-Südwestafrika) was a colony of the German Empire from 1884 until 1915, though Germany did not officially recognise...
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    The German East Asia Squadron (German: Kreuzergeschwader / Ostasiengeschwader) was an Imperial German Navy cruiser squadron which operated mainly in the...
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  • The Riders of German East Africa (German: Die Reiter von Deutsch-Ostafrika) is a 1934 German war film directed by Herbert Selpin and starring Sepp Rist...
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  • October 24, 1885 German East Africa, 1885–1918 Witu Protectorate, 1885–1890 German Somali Coast, 1885–1888 German Congo, 1884–1885 German Katanga, 1886 Gwandu...
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    The Imperial British East Africa Company (IBEAC) was a commercial association founded to develop African trade in the areas controlled by the British...
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    postage stamps and postal history of German East Africa. German East Africa was a German colony in East Africa, including what is now Burundi, Rwanda...
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    Theater of War and the German informal official history of the fighting is the Mediterranean, South-East Europe, and North Africa 1939–1941. Despite the...
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  • Overseas Forces Refer Danzig (Polish Post Office) Refer German East Africa Refer Poland (German Occupation World War II) Refer Universal Postal Union (UPU)...
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    Italian East Africa (Italian: Africa Orientale Italiana, AOI) was an Italian colony in the Horn of Africa. It was formed in 1936 after the Second Italo-Ethiopian...
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    East German uprising of 1953 (German: Volksaufstand vom 17. Juni 1953 ) was an uprising that occurred in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany)...
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    The East African Community (EAC) is an intergovernmental organisation in East Africa. The EAC's membership consists of eight states: Democratic Republic...
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    Linie (German East Africa Line, or DOAL) was a shipping line, established in 1890 as an alternative to the existing shipping services to East Africa, including...
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    German (German: Deutsch, pronounced [dɔʏtʃ] ) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western and Central Europe...
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    Schutztruppe (category Military history of German East Africa)
    where German colonizers met with stronger resistance. When in 1888 the Abushiri Revolt broke out in the dominions of the German East Africa Company...
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  • German South Africans refers to South Africans who have full or partial German heritage. A significant number of South Africans are descended from Germans...
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  • German Bicycle Union (1930's–1945) Pennant for the German Car Club (?–1945) Pennant for the German Aeronautic Union (1933–1937) Most municipalities have...
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    The German Empire (German: Deutsches Reich), also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich...
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    Mikindani and Lindi on the southern coast of Tanzania in 1888, when the German East Africa Company officials attempted to take control of the coastal areas previously...
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