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    AHC: partition of British, French, Dutch or Belgian colonial empires by other imperialists, post 1880

    France and Britain really are the big discussion here. Of the two, the French Empire can be far, far more plausibly partitioned by other powers than the British. Tough luck for being #2. It's the difference between being a diner or being a dinner. What are all the various ways and various...
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    AHC: partition of British, French, Dutch or Belgian colonial empires by other imperialists, post 1880

    Any thoughts on my Belgium thoughts, @stevep, anybody else?
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    AHC: partition of British, French, Dutch or Belgian colonial empires by other imperialists, post 1880

    Are you sure Germany could execute the purchase without the Entente Cordiale powers, Britain and France, going apoplectic? This would give a mineral-rich, central territory to Germany, allowing it to build a transcontinental railroad across the "waist" of Africa, between the mouth of the...
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    AHC: partition of British, French, Dutch or Belgian colonial empires by other imperialists, post 1880

    Nice, thorough reply. Thanks!
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    AHC: partition of British, French, Dutch or Belgian colonial empires by other imperialists, post 1880

    The challenge is straightforward as stated in the title, and applies to the specific empires (British, French, Belgian, Dutch) only and the specific time-period only and by specific beneficiaries only (other imperialists, so not independence movements). So don’t get clever and say “that’s...
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