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Heligoland is a set of two islands in the North Sea that the British once used as a Second Gibraltar, which Germany really wanted.
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Music used:
"Crossing the Chasm" and "On the Shore" by Kevin MacLeod
Sources:
- Cooper, Stephen. “Heligoland: An Island Sacrifice.” History Today 64, no. 1 (January 2014). historytoday.com/archive/heligoland-island-sacrifice.
- Rüger, Jan. “ The Rise and Ruin of Heligoland .” History Today 67, no. 8 (August 2017). historytoday.com/archive/feature/rise-and-ruin-heligoland.
- Russell, T. MacNamara. “Admirality-Office, September 12, 1807.” The London Gazette, September 12, 1807. thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16064/page/1192.
- The Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty, Signed: 01 July 1890.
- The Treaty of Kiel, Signed: 14 January 1814.
Heligoland is a set of two islands in the North Sea that the British once used as a Second Gibraltar, which Germany really wanted.
➤ Support this channel with my Patreon!: patreon.com/emperortigerstar
Music used:
"Crossing the Chasm" and "On the Shore" by Kevin MacLeod
Sources:
- Cooper, Stephen. “Heligoland: An Island Sacrifice.” History Today 64, no. 1 (January 2014). historytoday.com/archive/heligoland-island-sacrifice.
- Rüger, Jan. “ The Rise and Ruin of Heligoland .” History Today 67, no. 8 (August 2017). historytoday.com/archive/feature/rise-and-ruin-heligoland.
- Russell, T. MacNamara. “Admirality-Office, September 12, 1807.” The London Gazette, September 12, 1807. thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/16064/page/1192.
- The Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty, Signed: 01 July 1890.
- The Treaty of Kiel, Signed: 14 January 1814.
