Askaris in German East Africa in the First World War

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• 1914-1918

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Group of local soldiers on the march. The Askaris supported the German Schutztruppe under General Lettow-Vorbeck until the end of the war in 1918. / Photographer: Scherl

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German Askari in the First World War in German East Africa

• 473312
• Dossier
• 1914-1918

Fait partie de Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

Without the support of his native troops, the so-called Askaris, the German commander in East Africa, the famous General von Lettow-Vorbeck, could never have endured until the end of the war in 1918. The photo shows one of these soldiers from the ...

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