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Agadir Crisis

Germany · Government / Government of Germany. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1911

Theobold von Bethmann Hollweg1 July 1911

Agadir · Government / Government of Germany

The German gunboat Panther arrives at the port of Agadir

Theobold von Bethmann Hollweg4 November 1911

Agadir · Government / Government of Germany

Under the Treaty of Fez Germany cedes France a small area of territory to the south-east of Fort Lamy, now part of Chad. A 275 000 km territory, known as Neukamerun, becomes part of the German colony of Kamerun and part of German West Africa, which only lasts briefly until they are captured by the allies in World War I

Names involved

Theobold von Bethmann Hollweg

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