Carl Heinrich Zimmermann
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Carl Heinrich Zimmermann, was a German military officer and last commander of the Schutztruppe in German Kamerun.
German troops in Cameroon (Zimmerman in the centre)
Kamerun
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Kamerun was a Central African colony of the German Empire from 1884 to 1916 in the region of today's Republic of Cameroon. Kamerun also included northern parts of Gabon and the Congo with western part
Carl Heinrich Zimmermann
…Carl Heinrich Zimmermann (7 September 1864 – 13 January 1949), was a German military officer and last commander of the Schutztruppe in German Kamerun. He served as military instructor in the Chilean Army between 1895 and 1897. In 1900 he was sent to serve in the Schutztruppe in Kamerun, of which he…
Mount Manengouba
German surveyor in Kamerun, 1884
Policemen at Duala on the Kaiser's birthday, 1901
Bananas being loaded for export to Germany, 1912