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Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck

1870–1964 · 20th century

Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck was a German general who commanded the defence of German East Africa in the First World War. With a small force of German and African askari troops he won the Battle of Tanga in 1914 and then waged a long guerrilla campaign through Tanganyika, Mozambique and Northern Rhodesia. He surrendered only on 25 November 1918, after the armistice in Europe.

Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck
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