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

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• 1915

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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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