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For more than four years during the First World War, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck’s tiny army of German-officered African askaris – never more than 15,000 strong – led Allied forces in excess of 300,000 ...
The town was home to a civilian population of some 46,000, made up of Poles, Jews and Ukrainians (known as Ruthenes). At the time of the siege, it was also home to a garrison of around 85,000 reserve ...