Germans in Eritrea??

[eug-27]

Any of you guys aware of any German military units, ships, submarines or planes in the Italian colony of north east Africa, Eritrea?? I am Eritrean and read in some local newspapers some years back that during the African campaign Rommel used to have an Eritrean 'Ascari' as his personal and trusted servant? is it true?? ..

[oscar]

Uboat and plane attacks from Italian Ethiopia and Somalia could be directed against allied ships supplying Egypt but I dont know if this ever happend.

[DrG]

The Compagnia Autocarrata Tedesca fought in Italian East Africa. In Massaua there were these German cargo ships (info from: http://www.feldgrau.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=10665):

Bertram Rickmers, 4188 grt
Urania, 7099 grt
Crefeld, 8045 grt
Lichtenfels 7566 grt
Frauenfels, 7847
Liebenfels, 6318
Gera, 5163
there was the tug Kionga too (192 grt) which had been able to force the British blockade at the Bab el Mandeb strait in Feb. 1941 coming from Chisimaio, Somalialand, and who had been able, before, to flee just before the war from Zanzibar to Chisimaio under the nose of the British East Indies Squadron.

No German airplanes or submarines were based in Italian East Africa.

[Andy H]

and also here as well

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... ht=tedesca

Andy H