Problematica Primului Război Mondial în „Revista de Istorie Militară” editată de Centrul pentru istorie și științe sociale al Bundeswehr-ului (2)
World War 1 in the “Review of Military History” Published by the Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr (2)

Summary/Abstract: The works of the two authors present the German vision on the role played by Japan in the warfare in the Far East and the main events unfolded during the First World War in northeast Africa. Concerning the entry into war of Japan, the author emphasizes the political disputes over the national identity between the two existing orientations/camps at the state level, one pro- German, led by Emperor Assistant Yamagata Aritomo, who promoted an authoritarian state following the Prussian model, and the other pro-British, formed around Foreign Minister Kato Takaaki, an Anglo-African career diplomat who believed in state democratization following the English model. Japan’s contribution to the war was quite modest, being considered by the German Reich as a weak link in its enemy’s chain, and the results it obtained following the Versailles Peace Conference and the Washington follow-up, on the one hand, and the emergence of the global economic crisis of 1920, on the other hand, have led to the emergence and deepening of tensions with China. The Northeast Africa Operation Area, with countries like Ethiopia, Darfur, Egypt and Somalia, repeatedly associated with international crises and internal conflicts, seemed to be of secondary importance to the German Reich in the First World War. However, as the author points out, the outbreak of conflict in this area and the increase in its strategic importance have generated a special interest in both the German and Turkish war plans, but also the expansion of Great Britain, France and Italy, which created their colonial bases in the area. An important role in conducting actions in this area of conflict was played by both leaders of the states in the area, as well as the anti-colonial and religious movements led by several clans, such as the Senussi-Brotherhood.

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