GERMAN EAST AFRICA SCHUTZTRUPPE ASKARIS WAY OF LIFE

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GERMAN EAST AFRICA SCHUTZTRUPPE ASKARIS WAY OF LIFE

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Post by Cristiano de S.O Campos » 11 May 2012, 03:35

I found these excellent article about German Askaris in East Africa, including marching order.

The Askaris lived in villages, where they had privileges within the German colonial system

http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/webcl ... 655073~152

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Post by Cristiano de S.O Campos » 11 May 2012, 03:39

They walk through the [ire like the blondest German" :
African Soldiers Serving the Kaiser in
German East Africa (1888-1914)
by
Michael von Herff
Department of I-listory
McGill University, Montréal
July 1991

http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/R/?fu ... EN01-MCG02


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