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====== Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck ====== | ====== Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck ====== | ||
- | **Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck** (OTL March 20, 1870 - March 9, 1964) was a colorful character of a WW1 German general who, in OTL, led a celebrated campaign of resistance in the German colony of German East Africa (later known as Tanganyika (which became part of [[Tanzania]] upon gaining independence)) up until the end of the war. He has become popular in AH as a leader of the Weimar Republic or a military regime replacing it - so popular, in fact, that he is now [[alternate history cliches|something of a cliché]]. | + | **Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck** (OTL March 20, 1870 - March 9, 1964) was a colorful character of a WW1 German general who, in OTL, led a celebrated campaign of resistance in the German colony of German East Africa (later known as Tanganyika (which became part of [[offtopic:Tanzania]] upon gaining independence)) up until the end of the war. He has become popular in AH as a leader of the Weimar Republic or a military regime replacing it - so popular, in fact, that he is now [[alternate history cliches|something of a cliché]]. |
However, the view is held by some that the idea that L-V is a cliche is only a conspiracy created by British Empire jingoists in order to stop people from using his awesomeness so no-one would remember how they were never able to beat him in the Great War. | However, the view is held by some that the idea that L-V is a cliche is only a conspiracy created by British Empire jingoists in order to stop people from using his awesomeness so no-one would remember how they were never able to beat him in the Great War. |