The current mainland Tanzania, was awarded to Germany during the Berlin Conference (1884-1885). In light of this, created the colony of German East Africa, also known as Tanganyika, which included, besides most of Tanzania, the current states of Rwanda and Burundi. In 1905, a maji maji rebellion against German colonial rule was resolved with a genocide that killed 75,000 Africans.
German East Africa was the only colony in Africa Germanic resisted British invasions during World War I by the military genius of General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, but at the end of the war, following the signing of the Treaty of Versailles (1919) gave most of Tanganyika to Britain, and Rwanda and Burundi to Belgium. You can see more data about Tanzania at tanzania tours
The British administered Tanganyika until 1961, when it gained independence peacefully and became a republic under the moderate government of Julius Nyerere Kambarage, leader of the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU). For its part, Zanzibar was evacuated by the British two years later and became an independent country under the rule of Sheikh Abeid Amani Karume and the Afro-Shirazi party left, after overthrowing the Sultan. Tanganyika and Zanzibar negotiated a unification of both states who acquired the name of Tanzania.
The British administered Tanganyika until 1961, when it gained independence peacefully and became a republic under the moderate government of Julius Nyerere Kambarage, leader of the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU). For its part, Zanzibar was evacuated by the British two years later and became an independent country under the rule of Sheikh Abeid Amani Karume and the Afro-Shirazi party left, after overthrowing the Sultan. Tanganyika and Zanzibar negotiated a unification of both states who acquired the name of Tanzania.
