Italy: Italian colonial forces commanded by the Duke of Aosta. Outcome: Defeat of the Italian forces in East Africa. In 1940, Italy controlled Abyssinia, which it had conquered in 1936 ...
They were ferrying supplies to Union of South Africa forces which had invaded German South West Africa (GSWA, now Namibia) as part of the Allied campaign ... to include World War II casualties.
a German general who led a remarkable guerrilla campaign in East Africa during World War I. Lettow-Vorbeck was the only German commander to successfully invade British territory during the war.