* German East Africa (present-day Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi)
* German Southwest Africa (present-day Namibia)
* Togoland (present-day Togo and Ghana)
* Kamerun (present-day Cameroon)
* Asia:
* Ottoman Empire (present-day Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia)
* Persia (present-day Iran)
* Afghanistan
* India
* Pacific Ocean:
* German New Guinea (present-day Papua New Guinea)
* German Samoa (present-day Samoa)
* Japanese-controlled Micronesia (present-day Federated States of Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Palau, and Northern Mariana Islands)