Never before was the average citizen of England, France, and Germany so rich, with such splendid prospects of greater riches.
After taking over the lands the country was very rich and people started to very much enjoy it that way and would try everything in their power to keep it that way, even war
Germany [annexed] an area over half as large again as the whole German empire in Europe. Only in its dramatic suddenness was this undisguised robbery of the land of 7 million natives different from the methods by which Great Britain and France got 4 million square miles each, Portugal three-quarters of a million, and Italy and Spain smaller but substantial areas …
Germany in an effort to stay on top as well as gain more wealth for its country they expanded and this expansion cost the land of 7 million natives and just kept the greed for land growing
After Belgium, France, and Britain carved up Africa among themselves, Germany felt the need to catch up
Africa was seen as new land ready for Europeans to take and this caused great greed and like many other wars cause a war of greed and or land