Joseph Chamberlain suggests an Anglo-German alliance

Historical Context Note

Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)
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Joseph Chamberlain, British Secretary of State for the Colonies, suggests an alliance between Britain and Germany. This is negotiated at length but its only formal result is a Convention signed in August over the hypothetical partition of the Portuguese Empire in the event of its bankruptcy. An actual alliance is never signed, and less than two decades later the two countries are at war.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Joseph Chamberlain suggests an Anglo-German alliance". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 30 December 2011 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=19252, accessed 23 November 2024.]

19252 Joseph Chamberlain suggests an Anglo-German alliance 2 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.

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