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English: The German Empire and its colonial possessions in 1914. The red circles are to improve the sighting of very small single pixel German territories. Note that the northernmost German holding in China was one of many European holdings in the Chinese trading city of Tianjin.
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2009-05-24 23:01 SpencerCS 1425×625× (31739 bytes) Kiribati was not a German possession; added German Samoa.
2009-05-24 22:47 SpencerCS 1425×625× (26907 bytes) Reverted to version as of 22:40, 24 May 2009 Now it works. Go figure.
2009-05-24 22:46 SpencerCS 1425×625× (31707 bytes) If it doesn't work this time I give up.
2009-05-24 22:43 SpencerCS 1425×625× (31741 bytes) Maybe this time.
2009-05-24 22:40 SpencerCS 1425×625× (26907 bytes) The previous version had Guam as a German possession while Palau was blank. This has been corrected.
2009-04-21 20:15 Ithanyx 1425×625× (24317 bytes) Downloads as a bmp - attempting to turn it into a proper png file.
2007-10-31 19:29 R-41 1425×625× (2672554 bytes) Completely redone map, now showing the two German outposts in China during 1914, Qingdao and showing the representation of the section Germany of land had in the international trading city of Tianjin as did other countries like Italy.
2007-09-04 04:02 Andrew0921 1458×627× (46889 bytes) German empire and colonial possessions in 1914.
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Cesarstwo Niemieckie i jego posiadłości kolonialne w 1914 r.
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