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Germany In Africa in World War 1

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  Posted by Dr Antonias Fuccilio (U14405367) on Thursday, 24th March 2011

  I have read the superb tip and run ,which is about the first world war in German East Africa ,and how a small group of German colonial soldiers farmers ,and a few German naval officers .
  How they would have performed if ,by chance the Kaiser had sent severall hundred soldiers to East Africa for his birthday celebrations ,would extra europen trained soldiers ,have turned the tide towards Germany ,and maybe instead of defence ,germany could have invaded .

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  Posted by Sambista (U4068266) on Thursday, 24th March 2011

  The Great War in Africa is a fascinating and little known story. I doubt if a small reinforcement would have made much difference, other than requiring corresponding reinforcement by quality Empire troops - perhaps Indian Army.

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  Posted by Dr Antonias Fuccilio (U14405367) on Friday, 25th March 2011

  I think the inclusions of just a few hundred german soldiers ,with modern guns/and a few good artilly pieces way well have stopped the commenwelth troops .
  I have explored the fact german soldiers worked closely with ottoman turkish soldiers ,maybe a large turkish force landing in north africa may well have stired up local rebbelions

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  Posted by GrandFalconRailroad (U14802912) on Friday, 25th March 2011

  I think the inclusions of just a few hundred german soldiers ,with modern guns/and a few good artilly pieces way well have stopped the commenwelth troops .
  I have explored the fact german soldiers worked closely with ottoman turkish soldiers ,maybe a large turkish force landing in north africa may well have stired up local rebbelions Β  To advance forward to 1941 - what might have happended if the Germans had sent more aircraft to Iraq to support the uprising?
  
  Equally if the Germans and Japanese in 1941 had decided to operate in the Bay of Bengal together to attack troops being brought toward India to support operations in Arakan?

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  Posted by White Camry (U2321601) on Friday, 25th March 2011

  Dr Antonias Fuccilio:
  
  I have read the superb tip and run ,which is about the first world war in German East Africa ,and how a small group of German colonial soldiers farmers ,and a few German naval officers .
  How they would have performed if ,by chance the Kaiser had sent severall hundred soldiers to East Africa for his birthday celebrations ,would extra europen trained soldiers ,have turned the tide towards Germany ,and maybe instead of defence ,germany could have invaded Β 
  
  Logisitcs aside - how would they have been fed, armed and supplied? - that many more German troops sent to Africa would have raised no small number of red flags in the local British colonies which would have raised red flags in the Colonial Office which would have led to an equivalent contingent of British soldiers and an extra cruiser or two sent to Africa. In short, the pre-war arms race would simply have opened a branch office in southern Africa.

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  Posted by Dr Antonias Fuccilio (U14405367) on Friday, 25th March 2011

  I think the british colonial office had no idea ,or scale of what the germans in east africa could do, what the germans with help from local tribes farmers and ex retierd german officers ,managed to hold up almost 250-300 .000 british and commenwelth troops .
  What the british just couldnt do was adapt ,and this made german attacks quick small very effective .
  I think and still belive just a few more europen soldiers /ottoman soldiers may well have turned the tide for germany in africa

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  Posted by giraffe47 (U4048491) on Friday, 25th March 2011

  I suspect it may have had the opposite effect.
  
  More European soldiers, the less innovation and flexibility, which was what kept the Germans going for so long. Conventional armies might have fought a more conventional campaign - the Germans 'lost' the war there long ago, but just kept going, and refused to quit.
  
  The Boer war was similar - the Boers lost the 'conventional' war quite quickly, but kept going, tying down even more troops, long after their cause was lost.

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