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==Colonial Tensions==

While Germany was in many ways the most powerful country in Continental Europe it lacked a large colonial Empire. The French and British Empires extended over large areas of the globe. Europe strategists at the time believed that only countries with a large colonial empires could survive and prosper and the German political elite were eager to secure more colonies.<ref>Lewiston, <i>German</i>', p. 54.</ref> German had some colonies in Africa and the Pacific Islands. This was not enough for German ambitions and they demanded more territories. Kaiser Wilhelm II, the German Emperor, demanded that his country have its ‘place in the sun’. These demands led to increasing international tensions.