>be Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, a general in the Imperial German army>assigned commander of German East Africa>only 14,000 (3,000 germans, 11,000 africans)>cockblocked the British despite being extremely outnumbered (300,000)>never lost a single battle>after ww2 become broke and destitute>go back to Africa>immediately welcomed by the natives that he commanded>tanzania independence activists come to him for advice, later becoming politicians in independent tanzania>wrote a book justifying European colonialismWhy did so many Africans support colonialism? I thought colonialism was heckin evil?
>>18468280He was a piece of shit who disobeyed orders and extended a war that destroyed both German Tanzania and the rest of Eastern Africa and set up the Spanish Flu taking hold there.>immediately welcomed by the natives that he commandedHe's the guy who pays them money. Military/police jobs were the very few colonial era jobs that paid remotely okay for an African.>wrote a book justifying European colonialism.Because that was this grift that he built a career off of.
>>18468280>>cockblocked the BritishBritish cockblocked themselves
>>18468280>Lettow-Vorbeckfamous enough that somebody made a board game woo hoo
