The Bush Ghost

General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, aka the “Bush Ghost“ was the military commander of German East Africa in World War I. With only a few hundred German and a few thousand native African soldiers he out-fought, evaded and harassed Allied (mostly British Imperial) forces of hundreds of thousands. He survived by taking supplies from the enemy and by inventing the items his troops needed with what they could find around them. His tactics were brilliant and earned him a place as one of (if not the) greatest irregu