Germans invade Angola in a no WW1 scenerio

Lets say the wrong turn is avoided at Sarajevo and no July crisis happens, thus no WW1.

But in OTL late 1914 Angola was restive. Lets say January 1915 the Germans send a couple of liners loaded with marines to reinforce Southwest Africa along with a naval squadron, to "protect" Southwest Africa which means putting Angola in order (i.e. taking over the place).

The Germans at the same time signal to the British that they will abide by the terms of the much discussed but never acted upon their proposed split of the Portuguese colonies, and signal their interest in a naval holiday.

Would the British do anything about this? Do the Germans suffer diplomatically?

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From 1913 the Germans and British were negotiating to divide Portugal's empire between them, although I don't know who was going to get Angola or if they were going to divide it and the others up.
 
The Germans were going to get the bulk of Angola, with The British getting the better chunk of Mozambique. However the treaty was about this happening when the Portuguese foreclosed on loans, discussions were ongoing right as WW1 started but were about who was going to announce the arrangement. The Portuguese wouldn't likely foreclose on the loans, they valued these colonial possessions as their tenuous grip on being a "great" power.

However I really don't see the Germans waiting around for foreclosure which may never happen, and when an opportunity presented itself I would suspect they would act, and chaos in the colony seems like a good opportunity. I suspect the British would shrug and take the split, despite the old Portuguese alliance, especially if relations were improving with Germany, which they were OTL, and the Germans were being the "bad cop" and starting the whole shakedown deal.

Some other powers might complain, but if the British are in on it, I can't see anybody doing anything about it.
 
There is a 1942 Thesis: England, Germany and the Portuguese colonies 1898-1914. By Paul Kneisel you may be interested in.

The map in the back has western Angola, Cabinda, Principe and São Tomé and northern Mozambique going to Germany
 
The troubles in Angola could be an alternate trigger to the takeover of the Portuguese colonies .
 
Some of these loans are going to Naval orders in the UK so the Portuguese and Brits will probably react very badly to this German move. In 1913, Portugal had plans for 3 BB 3 CL, 12 DD and 6 SS. Republican Portugal was worried about Royalist Spain. With Germany and GB negotiating in mid 1914 on parts of Portugal's African empire and a recovery in Portugal's finances, the Coventry Ordnance Works had secured the 3 battleship order. These ships were similar to HMS Orion. The colonies as security gave GB and Germany customs duties. Germany was expecting a default but I think the loans were all coming from The City so GB would probably not call it in for their oldest Ally.
 
German Zeppelins start scheduled flights linking German colonies on the east coast (Tanganika) with colonies on the west coast (Namibia, Cameroon and Togo). Sometimes zeppelins land to "take on water" from sympathetic Boers in North Rhodesia.
German mining companies invest in mines in eastern Angola.
 
German Zeppelins start scheduled flights linking German colonies on the east coast (Tanganika) with colonies on the west coast (Namibia, Cameroon and Togo). Sometimes zeppelins land to "take on water" from sympathetic Boers in North Rhodesia.
German mining companies invest in mines in eastern Angola.

Yes, a no WW1 timeline, would have begun be a big era in colonial expansion. Air ship travel, radio, anti-malaria drugs, air conditioning and refrigeration will make it easier for Euros to get there and live there
 
... the Portuguese foreclosed on loans...

ITYM "default". Foreclosure is when the lender declares the borrower in default and seizes the assets securing the loans.

Portugal was (I presume) the borrower.

In this case, there were no assets securing the loans, so the creditors (British and German) would press their governments to seize external "assets" of the debtor, Portugal.
 
ITYM "default". Foreclosure is when the lender declares the borrower in default and seizes the assets securing the loans.

Portugal was (I presume) the borrower.

In this case, there were no assets securing the loans, so the creditors (British and German) would press their governments to seize external "assets" of the debtor, Portugal.

Sounds like from Dorknoughts post above that British (supplying the loans) might not do foreclosure since their shipbuilding interests were getting contracts. I think the Germans would have to use the unrest in the colony as their excuse, and hope the British are too distracted at the moment to care, perhaps with the Irish crisis, and hope the British take their cut and shrug their shoulders.
 
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