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....prior to WWI.
Britain, or more correctly, the Union of South Africa and its predecessor Cape Colony desired to have control of Southwest Africa in place of the Germans, for improved security and a greater territorial hinterland. tOnce WWI started, British officials started to call it a desirable acquisition in late 1914 or early 1915, and ultimately Britain conquered the territory and received a mandate over it post war, that was administered by South Africa after the statue of Westminster.

Prior to the outbreak of WWI, if either the Germans or the British broached the subject of Germany ceding Southwest Africa to Britain as part of a territorial exchange, was there any British territory that was sufficiently dispensable to Britain, for Britain to offer it to Germany in exchange. Would any of the territories Britain might have considered offering been considered sufficiently valuable for the Germans to say yes to a swap?
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