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Askaris in German East Africa, 1908

Askaris (soldiers from Tanzania) of the Schutztruppe für Deutsch-Ostafrika (Tanzania) during the exercise with the heliograph / Photographer: Scherl

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German Military, ca. 1900

German soldiers of the imperial Schutztruppe with native Askaris in a defensive position during riots or the military submission in Cameroon. Undated photo, ca. 1900. / Photographer: Scherl

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Ponape Uprising in New Guinea, 1911

Baron von Spiegel and other officers of the landing corps of S.M.S. Cormoran with local police soldiers during an action during the prostration of the so-called Ponape uprising in the German colony / Photographer: Scherl

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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

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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 ...

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