Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Hitler demands return of German Colonies

Chancellor Adolf Hitler of Germany demanded the return of former German Colonial Territories.

After the Great War and the Treaty of Versailles, German colonies were dispersed among the French and British. Among these lands was some territory in Africa, China and the Pacific Ocean.

This affects these lands in Africa:

Kamerun, Togoland, Tanganyika, Rwanda-Urundi, Wituland in Kenya, German South West Africa which is now a British Mandate.

In the Pacific:

Bougaineville, the Maraiana Islands, the Marshall Islands, the Caroline Islands, the Northern Soloman Islands, Part of New Guinea, Samoa and Nauru.

In China:

Jiaozhou Bay and Chefu