page_title: Egyptian Lever
section_title: Bismarck's offensive
hierarchical_section_title: Egyptian Lever / Bismarck's offensive
caption_attribution_description: English: Detail of Franz von Lenbach's 1884 portrait of Otto von Bismark at the Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin.
context_page_description: The Egyptian Lever was an aspect of colonial Anglo-German relations in the late 19th century in which Germany would receive consent for their African colonial ventures from the United Kingdom in exchange for German support of the British occupation of Egypt.
caption: Otto von Bismarck in 1884
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