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East African Campaign of World War I: The Guerilla War of Lettow-Vorbeck While the Great War is often remembered for the static carnage of the Western Front, a vastly different conflict u...
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Read Askari: The History and Role of Local Soldiers in Colonial AfricaPaul von Lettow-Vorbeck: The Lion of Africa Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck, famously known as the Lion of Africa (Löwe von Afrika), was a distinguished general of the Imperial German Army. ...
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