Listed In: Military Leaders
Birthdate: March 20, 1870
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Saarlouis, Germany
Died: March 9, 1964
Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck, a general in the Imperial German Army, is renowned for his leadership in the German East Africa campaign of World War I. He commanded a 14,000-strong force that remarkably held off a larger enemy coalition for four years without suffering defeat or capture. Lettow-Vorbeck was the only German commander to enter British Empire territory during the war, achieving acclaim for his innovative guerrilla strategies and successful military campaigns, considered among the most remarkable in history.
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