Odin & Aesop

My Reminiscences of East Africa

Bill Redman, Kevin Yeo & Tony Faust Season 3 Episode 4

Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck commanded Imperial German military forces throughout the East Africa campaign during World War One.  His mostly African army of about 14,000 attacked, checked, and evaded much larger Allied forces for over four years.  When the war ended, Lettow-Vorbeck surrendered and returned undefeated to a hero’s welcome in Germany.  This book is how he remembers the experience.