A memorial being unveiled in Cape Town this week recognises the deaths of 1,772 predominantly Black non-combatants.
The Princess Royal will commemorate the sacrifices of black South Africans and other races who played a vital First World War ...
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.
From a crumbling pill box in the UK to a derelict rail line in Hawaii, these are the abandoned World War II places that the ...
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.