USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -After the German defeat in World War I, Germany’s colonial empire was officially dissolved with the Treaty of Versailles. Each colony became a League of Nations mandate under the supervision, although not ownership, of one of the victorious powers.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Versailles Treaty forced Germany to give up territory to Belgium, Czechoslovakia and Poland, return Alsace and Lorraine to France and cede all of its overseas colonies in China, Pacific and Africa to the Allied nations.

Detailed explanation-3: -By 1914, the area of the German colonies was four and a half times bigger than Germany. Due to the Versailles Treaty, Germany lost all its colonies after the First World War. Apart from Namibia, where half of the settlers could stay (about 7, 000), all Germans had to leave the former colonies.

Detailed explanation-4: -German Southwest Africa went to the Union of South Africa as a mandate rather than an outright annexation as the South Africans preferred. German East Africa, which had suffered so much in the war, now proved a contentious prize. British interests dominated and most of the colony went to Britain as a mandate.

Detailed explanation-5: -The loss of the German colonies Togoland was conquered by British forces from the Gold Coast (now Ghana) and by French forces from Dahomey (now Benin) in the first month of the war.