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Warfare

German for "protection force", the name of Germany's colonial armies, whose officers were German and whose rank and file were African. The best known served in German East Africa under Lettow-Vorbeck.

Mentioned in

Chapter XIII A World on Fire §1 Why a European War Became a World War

Sources

Wikidata Q513069