The Germans (and their Askari bretherin) had a very respectable battle record in the East African theatre of World War One. In fact, General Von Lettow's forces were the only German soldiers to take British land during the war, in Africa. Vastly out-numbered, the Axis used maneuver and guerilla warfare to not only escape destruction, but to score victories against the Allied force. Even starting with the disasterous landing at Tanga, all the way until the end of the campaign, the German and Askari were never defeated. General Von Lettow came back to Germany at the end of WWI with his victorious Ost Afrika veterans, and they held a parade in the streets. Luckily for the Allies in WWII, Von Lettow was not enticed by the Deutsches Reich and did not serve in the Wehrmacht. If he had, his extreme skill in guerilla tactics and experiance in WWI would have, in my opinion, had a huge tactical effect on the late-WWII battlefield. Also, he could have put those skills to use when fighting partisans in Europe.
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^These guns from the ship Konigsberg (known as the Konigsberg guns) were the heaviest artillery on the continent. Scuttled from the decks of a warship, they were dragged by hand through all the roughest terrain Africa had to offer, and were put to good use.
^The landing at Tanga, a horrible defeat for British forces. They were forced to withdrawal back to their ships and land again elsewhere 3 days later.
^Tanga again
^Gen Emil Von Lettow-Vorbeck himself
-Spike