Von Lettow-Vorbeck seems reminiscent of Amundsen to me,
Originally Posted by Firn
From a German (Western) view waging such a guerilla war in East Africa was thus of course easier as the it was the native African population who shouldered and carried literally the war effort and did most of the dying.
whose accomplishment cannot be denied, but who ate many of his dogs along the way.
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