Boxer Rebellion 1900 - German Troops, Colonies: China, Tsingtau, Germany, German Empire

Boxer Rebellion 1900 - German Troops, Colonies: China, Tsingtau, Germany, German Empire

Boxer Rebellion 1900 - German Troops, Colonies: China, Tsingtau, Germany, German Empire

Funeral of the fallen German soldiers at the cemetery of Swakopmund in March 1916 / Photographer: Scherl

Camel rider patrol of the Schutztruppe at the rest / Photographer: Scherl

Captured English march through the streets of Windhoek / Photographer: Scherl

Soldier of the cavalry on a horse in the steppe in German-Southwest-Africa in the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

Public appeal to war volunteers in German Southwest Africa in the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

Newspaper clipping of the Swakopmunder Zeitung: Message that Germany has declared war on England. / Photographer: Scherl

The German Kreuzer Königsberg supported the troops of General Lettow-Vorbeck until 1915, until a defeat in the Rufiyi Delta. The surviving crew transported their wounded to Dar es Salaam with the help of local porters / Photographer: Scherl

Emergency money as a substitute for missing legal tender in the colony of German South-West Africa during the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

Emergency money as replacement for missing legal tender in the colony Deutsch-Südwestafrika in the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

A captive English colonel in the colony German South West Africa in the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

Transport of the English captured in the battle at Sandfontein / Photographer: Scherl

Announcement by Lieutenant von Heyderbreck about an extended invasion of German South-West Africa / Photographer: Scherl

Colonial troops with carrier column on the march in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

The surveying ship 'Seagull' was hit in the bay of Dar es Salaam and lies down on its side before sinking. / Photographer: Scherl

10,5 cm gun of the cruiser 'Königberg' mounted on a mobile carriage. / Photographer: Scherl

Askari and Rugaruga on Kiomboni East (Rufiji Estuary) in the colony of D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

Celebration at the foot of Kilimanjaro after arrival of the first victory news. / Photographer: Scherl

A gun from the cruiser 'Königsberg' in position at the mouth of the Rufidji in German East Africa in the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

Houses in ruins in Dar es Salaam after the firing of English ship guns / Photographer: Scherl

The house in Swakopmund was bombed by the English steamer 'Armadale Castle' in September 1914. That's why the radio tower had to be moved. / Photographer: Scherl

Bombardment of the bridge in Swakopmund by the English on 14.09.1914 / Photographer: Scherl

German occupying troops in Tsingtau in the foreland of the fortress. The soldiers with rifles are lying in wait for the enemy / Photographer: Scherl

Fights in Tsingtau in the German colony Kiautchou in the First World War

English Tuppen in Tsingtau in the German colony Kiautchou in the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

28cm howitzer after the blasting by the Germans. / Photographer: Scherl

Without the support of his native troops, the so-called Askaris, the German commander in East Africa, the famous General von Lettow-Vorbeck, could never have endured until the end of the war in 1918. The photo shows one of these soldiers from the German Schutztruppe with the imperial flag in his hand. Undated recording. / Photographer: Scherl

African soldiers of the German Schutztruppe, so-called Askaris, have occupied a ditch in the area of Kilimanjaro in the German colony of East Africa / Photographer: Scherl

German patrol with Kaumi (today: Gaomi) in the German colony Kiautschou during the Boxer Uprising / Photographer: Scherl

Landing of the pilot Trück, who was the first to land in the steppe of German Southwest Africa in the First World War. / Photographer: Scherl

Soldiers of the Schutztruppe in Deutsch-Südwestafrika on their camels / Photographer: Scherl

Supporting column of the Schutztruppe on the march through D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

Soldiers of the Schutztruppe and their military transport goods in the colony D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during World War I / Photographer: Scherl

German soldiers and Askari of the protective group in defensive position in D e u t s c h - O s t a f r i k a during the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

Askaris and German officers of the German Schutztruppe in a battle position near Kilimanjaro / Photographer: Scherl

German Schutztruppe in the Mahenge combat area resting on a harvested millet field. In the background characteristic formations of the Upogora Mountains / Photographer: Scherl

Colonial troops with carrier column on the march in Deutsch-Ostafrika in the First World War / Photographer: Scherl

Section of the Mora position in northern Cameroon: Sergeant Weissenberger on a captured English machine gun while firing at the opposite English position / Photographer: Scherl