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Informationen zum Autor Alejandro de Quesada is a Florida-based military history writer, an experienced researcher and collector of militaria, photos and documents, who runs an archive and historical consultancy for museums and films as a secondary business. He has written over 100 articles and over 25 books, including several for Osprey, and is a leading authority on Latin American subjects. Klappentext Germany's 30-year colonial episode in Africa, the Pacific, and her enclave in China is a relatively unexplored aspect of the country's history. Under the young Kaiser Wilhelm II, rivalry with the old colonial powers saw the protectorates, originally established by trading companies, transformed into crown colonies garrisoned by the newly raised Schutztruppe, with support from the Imperial Navy's Seebataillone. This book explains the organization and the operations in these colonies, including an account of the Herero campaign in Southwest Africa. Illustrated with rare photos, and with color plates detailing the uniforms of German and native troops alike, this is an authoritive description of the garrisons manning the German colonies.Featuring specially commissioned artwork and many rare photos, this book describes and illustrates the Kaiser's specially raised and uniformed units that operated in Africa both in colonial wars from 1890 to 1907, and during World War I, and the 'sea battalions' that were raised to serve with the fleet, as far afield as China and the Pacific islands. Zusammenfassung Under the ambitious young Kaiser Wilhelm II, rivalry with the old colonial powers saw the protectorates originally established by trading companies transformed into crown colonies, garrisoned by the newly raised Schutztruppe with emergency support from the Imperial Navy's Sea Battalions. This book explains their organization and operations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Historical introduction /Chronology /Organization, uniforms, equipment and weapons of: Schutztruppe (Cameroons, German East Africa, German South-West Africa) - Colonial officials and staff - Colonial police forces /Native troops in German colonies (Africa, China, New Guinea, Samoa) - the East Asia Regiments /the Imperial German Marines /Bibliography / Plate commentaries /Index...
