Archive guide to the German Colonial Past

Askari in German East Africa in the First World War

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1916

Askari soldiers at a shooting range in German East Africa / Photographer: Scherl

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Defensive fight i Rufiyi-Delta in German East Africa, 1915

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1915

The German Kreuzer Königsberg supported the troops of General Lettow-Vorbeck until 1915, until a defeat in the Rufiyi Delta. The surviving crew transported their wounded to Dar es Salaam with the help of local porters / Photographer: Scherl

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German Askari in the First World War in German East Africa

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1914-1918

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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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German Soldiers in British East Africa in the First World War

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1914-1918

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Soldiers in front of an armoured car of the Uganda Railway in British East Africa / Photographer: Scherl

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Protection Force in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during the First World War

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1914

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German troops in a conquered position of the English fort in British East Africa in Majoreni, 24 September 1914 / Photographer: Scherl

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Base in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during the First World War

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1914-1918

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Two soldiers, who served under the command of Lettow-Vorbecks, on deck chairs in an improvised camp from the first war time / Photographer: Scherl

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Naval War in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during the First World War

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1914-1918

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Upper deck of a crusher 'A' after the battle with the English cruiser 'Hyacinth' in Monsa Bay. So-called Sperrbrecher tried to get supplies for the German troops through the English blockade to the coast. / Photographer: Scherl

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Native auxiliary soldiers of the German Schutztruppe in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a in the First World War

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1914-1918

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Armed members of the Schutztruppe during a rest at the roadside in the colony Deutsch-Ostafrika during the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

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Naval War in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during the First World War

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1914-1918

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In the German colony of D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a the Kreuzer Königsberg was sunk on the coast. The German fleet was strengthened by Lettow-Vorbeck, commander of the Schutztruppe. / Photographer: Scherl

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Motorcyclists in German East Africa in the First World War

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1914-1918

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Motorcyclist of the Schutztruppe on a liaison trip German East Africa in the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

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Shipping in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a in the First World War

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1914-1918

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English aid ship 'Brüssels', brought in by the Germans, which sailed under Captain Fryatt, in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

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Fights in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during the First World War

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1914-1918

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Colonial troops with carrier column on the march in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

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German Schutztruppe in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during the First World War

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1914-1918

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Askaris and German officers of the German Schutztruppe in a battle position near Kilimanjaro / Photographer: Scherl

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German soldiers at the Mora position in Cameroon in the First World War

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1914-1916

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Section of the Mora position in northern Cameroon: Sergeant Weissenberger on a captured English machine gun while firing at the opposite English position / Photographer: Scherl

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German soldiers in Cameroon, August 1914-February 1916

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1914-1916

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Column of German soldiers on horses and in horse carts. Pre-war attempts by the captain of the Schutztruppe in Cameroon, Kurt Strümpell. / Photographer: Scherl

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German Protection Force, 1916