Morocco–Congo Treaty
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The Morocco-Congo Treaty was signed on 4 November 1911 in Berlin between the French and Germans, and recognised French domination of Morocco. This event concluded the Agadir Crisis
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With the so-called Morocco-Congo agreement the German Empire recognized the French domination of Morocco. In return, France ceded parts of the French Congo
and French Equatorial Africa
to the German Reich, comprising the Neukamerun
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Agadir Crisis
The Agadir Crisis, also called the Second Moroccan Crisis, or the Panthersprung, was the international tension sparked by the deployment of the German gunboat Panther, to the Moroccan port of Agadir on July 1, 1911.-Background:...
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With the so-called Morocco-Congo agreement the German Empire recognized the French domination of Morocco. In return, France ceded parts of the French Congo
French Congo
The French Congo was a French colony which at one time comprised the present-day area of the Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and the Central African Republic...
and French Equatorial Africa
French Equatorial Africa
French Equatorial Africa or the AEF was the federation of French colonial possessions in Middle Africa, extending northwards from the Congo River to the Sahara Desert.-History:...
to the German Reich, comprising the Neukamerun
Neukamerun
Neukamerun was the name of Central African territories ceded by France to Germany in 1911. Upon taking office in 1907, Theodor Seitz, governor of German Kamerun, advocated the acquisition of territories from the French Congo...
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Sources
- KAISER'S SON SHOWS ANGER AT TREATY; Openly Applauds Criticism of German Backdown by Members of Reichstag. Nov 10th, 1911. New York Times