Schutztruppe Askari flag carrier, German East Africa, 1906
Active
1891–1918
Allegiance
German Empire
Type
Infantry
Size
80,330 troops (including Seebataillon III (3rd Marine Battalion) and 200 camels
Engagements
Abushiri Revolt Adamawa campaign Herero Wars Herero and Namaqua Genocide World War I
Military unit
Schutztruppe (German:[ˈʃʊtsˌtʁʊpə]ⓘ, lit. Protection Force) was the official name of the colonial troops in the African territories of the German colonial empire from the late 19th century to 1918. Similar to other colonial armies, the Schutztruppen consisted of volunteer European commissioned and non-commissioned officers, medical and veterinary officers. Most enlisted ranks were recruited from indigenous communities within the German colonies or from elsewhere in Africa.[1]
Military contingents were formed in German East Africa, where they became famous as Askari, in the Kamerun colony of German West Africa, and in German South West Africa. Control of the German colonies of New Guinea, in Samoa, and in Togoland was performed by small local police detachments. Jiaozhou in China under Imperial Navy administration was a notable exception. As part of the East Asian Station the navy garrisoned Qingdao with the marines of Seebattaillon III, the only all-German unit with permanent status in an overseas protectorate.
^Gann, L. H.; Duignan, Peter (1977). The Rulers of German Africa, 1884–1914. Hoover Institution publications. Palo Alto: Stanford University Press. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-8047-0938-5.
Schutztruppe (German: [ˈʃʊtsˌtʁʊpə] , lit. Protection Force) was the official name of the colonial troops in the African territories of the German colonial...
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a period of rapid development, while the German government sent the Schutztruppe (imperial colonial troops) to pacify the region. Both German colonial...
delivered by United Kingdom during Winter war. German Empire: in 1918, Schutztruppe used 17 Vickers guns captured during the South West Africa campaign....
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