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Miniatures Adventure => Colonial Adventures => Topic started by: zebra55 on July 29, 2013, 09:34:22 AM
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Hello,
has anyone come across any information about the German campaigns/ expeditions in Kamerun or
of the various tribes/warriors and peoples who resisted late 1890s- early 1900s ?
Ken.
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How's your "German"? Thru"Melchior Historischer Verlag" in Germany their is the book "Durch Busch und Steppe'vom Campo bis zumSchari 1892-1902 von Oscar Zimmermann,it's 19.95 euro's. Pictures throughout but also written in the old Gothic script,I was raised on it but it can be awkward,also for WW1 they have the book "Kampf um Kamerun"by Hans von Suren in normal script for 29.95 euro's. I believe you can also get these books thru "Berlinner Zinnfiguren.You have many different tribes in Kamerun , the north you have the Hausas,in the south the Bantus and others.i currntly have been painting and converting "falcon's" southwest africa askari(which DSWA did not have) dremel off half the top and Voila schutztruupe askari kamerun,also the same with the mounted askari w/lance,they are perfect,I beleive you can also purchase these figures thru " Matchlock Miniatures",also watch the Film "Black and White in Color" a french film on Kamerun WW1.I plan on gaming this colony next year, hopefully this helps.I have a Kamerun album posted on the Ostafriks Yahoo group website.
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ataached are a few fotos
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Woermann trading post on the Wuri river.
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Askari band
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Mtd Askari,used mainly in the north.
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Askari column with a small Hotchkiss artillery piece 37mm,I believe.
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Officers and NCO's,these pictures are from the book "Kamerun's Kampf 1914- 1916 by Erich Student.
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Askaris (barefoot)
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Klar Zum Gefecht". Ready for action. This gun was recently used on " Top Shot Allstars, on the History Channel.
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Mtd., Askari.
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Hello,
thanks for all the illustations , photos and Yahoo link Juergen, much appreciated.
Ken.
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Some great photos and pics, if anybody has any more they would be appreciated
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This was superb! Thankyou for all the pictures and information.
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Ambush
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Kaiserliches Post
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Fort
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Encampment
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Naval attack from the corvette "OLGA"
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More pictures from kamerun.
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natives
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Naval infantry attack
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I read somewhere that the Germans occasionally had British help in their colonial campains can anyone sshed any light on this. Ta
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Other than hiring sudanese soldiers and egyptian/turkish officers for East afrika,The british had a little enclave in Wahlfisch bay Namibia,bordering DSWA,and when the germans would chase such people as Morenga they would drive them towards the British,but The germans are way too stubborn and proud,did i mention stubborn to ask for help,and vice versa the british .The Kaiser appointed individuals,to the colonies who could think and act on their own,without assistance. the Germans in East Afrika,during the Maji-Maji uprising or hehe i forget radioed to New guinea for german native policemen to assist,they arrived but disease limited them to the garrisons.So they sent all the way to the Pacific rather than ask the Britsh or Belgians or Portuguese....so in short...Nein die haben fur keine hilfe gefragt.(No they did not ask for any help)sincerely a stubborn German Juergen C, Olk
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I especially like the last image of mounted Askari. Cool.
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Germans, stubborn! Never, ha ;-)
Thanks for the quick reply, do u have any pics or info on the early German private ventures who began the colonisation
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Excellent, astonishing pictures, thank you :o
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brilliant thread .....keep up the good work!!
mounted askaris...oh dear more temptation!! boy
they look cool
regards
Ged
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germans in africa 28mm range ( lol)
i must be strong and resist)
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Govenuers haus
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NCO"s casino
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Fort AbongMBang
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Kamerun Askari
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Early Askari's 1884
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Early
Askari's 1884
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Excellent photos, I have already converted a Schutztrupen as the start of a force to oppose my French colonials!! (thinking of a "what if" scenario is West Africa)
The early Askari look great with the European officers
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Military outposts
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Soldiers w/wifes in barracks
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Rail bridge Sanaga river,middle rail line
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In the trenches awaiting the french,which reminds me check out the Film "Black and White in Color" about the French in WW1 against the germans in Kamerun should be available on Amazon or Belle and Blade
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Marching out of the Jaunde Barracks(Kaserne)
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natives
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marksmanship practice,as My german Chef used to say "PROBE MACHT DIE MEISTER'..practice makes perfect.
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Natives ,on the right are the northern "HAUSA"S" muslim tribesmen great german auxillaries and horsemen
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more natives
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askaris
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ladies
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march
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party time
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Middle rail
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natives
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On the March women in tow.the german askari,usually went with their wives to take care of their men sometimes bringing the kids along,or they would be given a servant,as to be an askari was high on the stature list,and oddly enough the german officers were tolerant of their customs.I guess a happy Askari makes a loyal one ,also German Askari;s on the whole were paid twice that of the other colonies askari's/
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Batangan War Canoe
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Nice cigar
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bridge
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At Rest
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Band practice
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Its "MILLER TIME"
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Do you know what equipment the colonial forces would have used eg. what type of rifles/artillery/automatic weapons?
"Black and white in color" is £149.99 on Amazon!!!
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Wow,did that price go up,I paid 27.99 two years ago,ijust checked Amazon U.S.,69.99to 324.00dollars,maybe check "Belle and Blade'.in the U.S.O.K.now for equipment,The rifle was the 1871-74 mauser, (not smokeless) then the 88 mauser, until 1900,then they received the KAR 98 mauser carbine,Mg's include maxims,37mm SChnell feuer Kanone(POM-POM), 8cm krupp mtn. gun,6cm krupp field gun1896 model ?(I have to double check)also a 3.7cm hotchkiss quick fire breach loading gun,can be fired by one man(as seen on the show top shot)They also used lots of native auxillaries,and the troops up north had a good portion mtd.The mg's up north were pulled by a convential teamed limber .The terrain in kamerun varied to savannah and desert up north jungle in the middle and coast and mtn's to the east ,lots of rivers,south mix of jungle and savannah,they would use every type of boat war canoes ,paddlewheeler's,steamlaunches,and usually one porter minimumto every soldier,black NCO's,in slouch hat,white officer's inall sort of headgear and uniforms,they almost looked like Boers half the time.I'll keep digging.....
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Pt.2,having quickly checking my library,ok,"Die Deutschen Schutztruppe" by Werner haupt.In 1914 Kamerun had 3800 model 98 mausers,3000 model 71's single shot,tubular magazine and88's.60machine guns,holy smokes,east afrika had onlt 55,8 guns 4xold 9cm field guns,1x6cm mtn gun,and 3x 3,7cm hotchkiss.I suspect some of the MG's were 3,7 cm pom-poms,also the 4x 9cm's were inthe capital of Duala. The germans had 12 companys 1460 germans and 6550 askaris.The Brits had400 Brits 8000 west african troops,12 guns and 36 MG's. The French had26 companies,1x sqd., spahi's,2 camel sqdn's,1x Mg company1x battery of 8cm guns ,600 french officers and nco's,8344 african troops,moroccan,algerian ,senegalese,gabon and chad. that was just at the beginning,they reinforced heavily.In 1915 they quadrupled the guns of all sizes,men and even a armoured car.German southwest afrika only had 24 Mg's,but lots of guns.Mora in the north was a mtn fort ,held by Raben ,held out a long time ,but kamerun was fighting on all sides ,blockaded by the sea ,and even the Belgians jumped in to pick at the pieces. i really like this colony,I have been converting old Falcon 25mm,DSWA askaris,that they did not possess and the mtd figures by shaving down the fez ,works perfect,by the time I', done someone will make a figure and I'll cry... oh well enjoy!
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Cheers, the info you have provided is excellent, the German colonies have really captured my imagination. I will be converting more troops (for starters using perry plastic confederates) and will post a few pics when they are painted up.
Tiger miniatures do a nice range of German colony troops
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This thread is an absolute treasure trove. Thanks!
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Askari Miniatures has established the beginnings of a line of DSWA troops,Beautiful,artillery crews Mtn. and Field,and Dismounted Schutztruppe.They are a hair shorter than"Tiger" figures,but once on the table no one cares,and the 'Tiger"miniatures are nice also.
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6cm Mtn gun w/crew
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Model 77 krupp w/ crew
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Dismounted Schutztruppe
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Schutztruppe
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german sailors in pith helmet..all above miniatures are by askari...more coming
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Love that 6cm gun!!!
Have you any pics of the police forces in the German colonies?
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I would check out this website www.germancolonialuniforms.co.uk This website is committed to the german colonies and the owner Chris Dale is commited to the genre. There are many links on his website which lead to a endless amount of info.
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Also other scources,the new Osprey book on the german colonies ,covers Oceania,and AFRika,and China.Also the osprey book Armies of East afrika,shows the east afrikan police askari. In Afrika the uniforms for native askaris were the same ,with the exception like in east afriaka of a white oval patch with a red P in the center on the left sleeve. In DSWA the Landpolizei had green facings,bandoliers for ammo and different insignia,but all the polizei truppen were trained the same, some armed with the older rifles (east afrika ,oceania,kamerun ,and togo) Also Togo like Oceania islands only had Poizei truppen.The 3rd Seebattalion in Tsingtao,besides the Gendarmes from the battalion had a Versuchs(experimental) company of chinese w/a Mtd detachment,mainly for local enforcement of the city and as translators on the frontier.
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polizei the Island of Yap yellow straw hat white shirt blue stripe and red pants
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Togo,also earlier troops had a peaked hat.
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Tsingtao chinese Mtd.
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DSWA ox mtd, trooper in conjunction with ox mtd.,Basters(native auxilliaries)used more as rear security than polizei but cool picture.Slow but steady
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Togo ,some in peaked caps
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Neuguinea
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NeuGuinea
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OstAfrika Polizei truppe(notice patch on sleeve)
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Chinese company
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NeuGuinea
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Cheers, I now have both Osprey books. I think Ox mtd cavalry are a must!!!! ;)
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What a great resource, thanks for posting all those pictures.
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A great scource of Kamerun pictures
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Juergen, thanks for resurrecting this thread! Very cool stuff.
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:o Fascinating!