German settlement in their colonies

[Melinka]

Hey,

I just want to know if the germans had some projects to settle germans in some of their colonies
like the British Dominions ??
thanks
AB

[Chris Dale]

Hi Melinka AB,
In sort yes, Germans did settle in their colonies as farmers and traders.
I hope that helps.
Cheers
Chris

[Melinka]

Hi Melinka AB,
In sort yes, Germans did settle in their colonies as farmers and traders.
I hope that helps.
Cheers
Chris

ok Chris, but they did not settle their colonies in mass like your Dominion
however, the DOA and the DSWA were good countries to settle and to found the New Germany
like the New England, New France, New Spain......
thanks

A Bientôt

[Dave Bender]

There are a couple of factors here.

Germany did not have her overseas colonies for very long. It takes a bit of time to install harbors, roads, railroads, etc. Once some basic infrastructure that Europeans take for granted is in place immigration will increase. Kamerun and Ost Afrika were just reaching this point when WWI brought German immigration to a halt.

The German economy was among the fastest growing in the world during the decade prior to WWI. With the economy thriving people had little incentive to leave the German fatherland and settle in the wilds of Africa. The French and British economies were only growing half as fast. Consequently poor people in France and Britain looked to the colonies as a chance to improve their situation.

[Reichskolonialamt]

If you like to see some statistics:

http://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/kaiserreich ... index.html



Kolonie............................................deutsche Einwohner
Ostafrika..................................................2.384
Kamerun.....................................................986
Togo..........................................................300
Südwestafrika...........................................9.283
Neuguinea...................................................549
Karolinen, Palau, Marianen + Marshall-Inseln.......236
Samoa........................................................270
Kiautschou................................................1.412

Zahlen nach StJbDR, 1910, S. 396.

(Quelle: DHM, Berlin http://www.dhm.de/lemo/objekte/statisti ... index.html )

[Melinka]

There are a couple of factors here.

Germany did not have her overseas colonies for very long. It takes a bit of time to install harbors, roads, railroads, etc. Once some basic infrastructure that Europeans take for granted is in place immigration will increase. Kamerun and Ost Afrika were just reaching this point when WWI brought German immigration to a halt.

The German economy was among the fastest growing in the world during the decade prior to WWI. With the economy thriving people had little incentive to leave the German fatherland and settle in the wilds of Africa. The French and British economies were only growing half as fast. Consequently poor people in France and Britain looked to the colonies as a chance to improve their situation.

you have all right, thanks Dave and Kolonialsamt for your statistics
it was too early for germans, however they managed to creat a colonial Army in the DOA with the Haskaris !
thanks von Lettow-Vorbeck
AB

[Reichskolonialamt]

however they managed to creat a colonial Army in the DOA with the Haskaris !
thanks von Lettow-Vorbeck

No, in this case you´ll have to thank Hermann von Wissmann.

[Melinka]

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No, in this case you´ll have to thank Hermann von Wissmann. [/quote]

ok Reichskolonialsamt, thanks but von Lettow-Vorbeck was the general !
who's von Wissmann ???

AB

[Reichskolonialamt]

ok Reichskolonialsamt, thanks but von Lettow-Vorbeck was the general !
who's von Wissmann ???

The first Reichskommissar of Deutsch-Ostafrika and founder of the "Wissmann-Truppe", which was 1891 changed to the Schutztruppe DOA. He hired the first Askaris.

[Melinka]

Viel danke Reichskolonialsamt ,
the DOA was the strongest and the most important german colonie, I don't know many things on it, just that the Askaris' resistance with
von Lettow-Vorbeck against so many enemie troops till the end of war, that's very impressiv, don't you know any the most
important battle places ? even if it was above all a guerrilla.

Grußen aus Normandie !