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New page: ==Schutztruppe== Schutztruppe were the German defence troops in Africa from the late 1800's to 1918. The army consisted of European officers, field commanders, and medics, the regular tro...
==Schutztruppe==
Schutztruppe were the German defence troops in Africa from the late 1800's to 1918. The army consisted of European officers, field commanders, and medics, the regular troopers will drawn from the local population.<ref>German colonial encyclopaedia, 1920, volume III, S. 321 FF. </ref>
There were three separate Schutztruppe command chains, one for west, east, and southwest German colonies in Africa.
==West African Schutztruppe==
The West African Division guarded German Cameroon and German Togoland. There were twelve companies totaling 1600 men in Cameroon.<ref>Thomas Morlang: Askari und Fitafita. 'Farbige' Söldner in den deutsche Kolonien, Berlin 2008 </ref>
==East African Schutztruppe==
The East African Division had 14 companies totaling 2500 men. The East African Division was headquartered in Dar es Salaam.<ref>Werner Kopf: The German colonial force 1889/1918, Dörfler publishing house
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==Southwest African Schutztruppe=
The Southwest African Schutztruppe consisted of twelve companies totalling 1,500 men. A single unit of non-local unit was raised as tensions between the Germans and the Africans grew so high that local Africans would not sign up. Soldiers from as far as Germany and Austria served in the Soutwest African Schutztruppe.<ref>Wolfgang Reith: The command authorities of the imperial colonial force in the homeland into German soldier yearbook 2000 and 2001 (2 parts) sign publishing house, Munich
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Schutztruppe were the German defence troops in Africa from the late 1800's to 1918. The army consisted of European officers, field commanders, and medics, the regular troopers will drawn from the local population.<ref>German colonial encyclopaedia, 1920, volume III, S. 321 FF. </ref>
There were three separate Schutztruppe command chains, one for west, east, and southwest German colonies in Africa.
==West African Schutztruppe==
The West African Division guarded German Cameroon and German Togoland. There were twelve companies totaling 1600 men in Cameroon.<ref>Thomas Morlang: Askari und Fitafita. 'Farbige' Söldner in den deutsche Kolonien, Berlin 2008 </ref>
==East African Schutztruppe==
The East African Division had 14 companies totaling 2500 men. The East African Division was headquartered in Dar es Salaam.<ref>Werner Kopf: The German colonial force 1889/1918, Dörfler publishing house
</ref>
==Southwest African Schutztruppe=
The Southwest African Schutztruppe consisted of twelve companies totalling 1,500 men. A single unit of non-local unit was raised as tensions between the Germans and the Africans grew so high that local Africans would not sign up. Soldiers from as far as Germany and Austria served in the Soutwest African Schutztruppe.<ref>Wolfgang Reith: The command authorities of the imperial colonial force in the homeland into German soldier yearbook 2000 and 2001 (2 parts) sign publishing house, Munich
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