Imperialism: The Sun Never Sets In Britain

Imperialism is a system where one powerful nation controls one or more colonies. They have control over other colonies mostly because they forcibly took it through war or political strategies. A military order is often present in that colony to maintain order and suppress revolution and protest of any kind. Before WW1 British had the most powerful imperial power over the world there is a famous quote that can relate to it “the sun never sets in Britain” meaning Britain had colonized in different countries around the world; India, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Canada, some Pacific and Caribbean Islands, Egypt and other parts of Africa so it is basically most of the country around the world.
Another significant imperial power at that time
Germany had some parts of China, New Guinea, several colonies in central and southwest Africa. Russia ruled over Finland, Poland, and several Asian regions. The motive of its war against Japan was to extend its colony over to Korea and northern China. The major powers of Europe wanted to be the strongest and most powerful empire so they tried conquering different territories. To prepare for war, the powers of Europe began to look for resources to develop their industries, build an army, weapons.
All these activities made Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany start the scramble for Africa. Kaiser Wilhelm was extremely envious of the British empire and his British cousins. He wanted to imitate the Britain’s success. He believed that Africa would not only enhance Germany’s status as a global power holding colonies but help them with resources too. When British people saw Germany takeover lands of Africa as a race for resources it started concerning them. They thought Germany is