Images - Military and International Relations

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11.	Alexander Friedrich Werner, Bismarck Leaving the Reichstag on February 6, 1888 [Bismarck verläßt den Reichstag am 6. Februar 1888] (1892) This painting by “another” Werner – Alexander Friedrich Werner (1827-1908) – was completed in 1892. Known as “Fritz” Werner, the painter and engraver was a friend of Adolph Menzel; he was also a....
12.	"The South Seas are the Mediterranean of the Future" (July 13, 1884) The reluctance with which Bismarck participated in Germany’s colonial adventures in 1884 is belied by the self-satisfied pose he adopts in this satirical cartoon from Kladderadatsch. South....
13.	"The Greedy Boy" (January 10, 1885) After Germany declared the coast of Angra Pequena (Portuguese for “small cove”) as its protectorate in April 1884, it then made claims on New Guinea, which was also claimed by Australia. As a result,....
14.	Colonies in Southern Africa (1885) In this German map from 1885, the small German colony of Southwest Africa pales in size when compared with Britain’s Cape Colony and territories held by other European powers.
15.	West African Members of the Police Force in the German Colony of Cameroon (c. 1900) Taken around 1900, this photo shows West African mercenaries of the German colonial police force with a German lieutenant. In October 1891, the German colonial administration in Cameroon formed a....
16.	"Pictures from our Colonies" (1897) This caricature is entitled “Pictures from our Colonies” [“Bilder aus unsern Kolonien”]. The caption reads: “A Sunday Afternoon in West Africa.” It shows a topsy-turvy world in the German colony....
17.	“Hotel zur Stadt” in Dar es Salaam, German East Africa (c. 1905) This photograph shows (presumably German) guests on the veranda of the “Hotel zur Stadt” in the capital of the colony of German East Africa, Dar es Salaam. In addition to a governor’s palace, the....
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