End of German colonial rule

End of German colonial rule

German colonial rule in German East Africa ended after the First World War (1914-1918). Germany was defeated in the war by the British allies. The war involved the imperialist nations of Europe and their constituted colonies. There were two camps in this war. One camp consisted of Britain, France and the United States. The other camp comprised nations such as Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary and Russia. The latter camp was defeated. The victorious nations held an international conference in the city of Versailles in France and agreed to dispossess Germany of her colonies. Germany lost all her colonies, including German East Africa. The League of Nations gave the part of German East Africa which is now Mainland Tanzania to Britain as a mandate territory. Rwanda and Burundi were given to Belgium. This marked the end of German colonial rule in East Africa.