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Battle for Cameroon, 1915

Theatre of war in Cameroon: For lack of barbed wire, German soldiers made hindquarters from tree trunks. / Photographer: Scherl

In: Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo >> Fotosammlung

German Askari in the First World War in German East Africa

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 ...

In: Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo >> Fotosammlung