14 November 1918: Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck's Schutztruppe (roughly 3,000 German officers & 11,000 African askari), still unconquered after more than four years in the field—cut off from the rest of the Central Powers, outnumbered by the Entente more than twenty to one (20:1), & often operating in Entente colonies—learned of the Armistice of Compiègne (11 November) & agreed to a ceasefire.
The Wayback Machine Tour of the East African Campaign
№ CDXIX: The Battles of Tanga & Kilimanjaro (November 1914)
№ CDXLVI: The Battle of the Rufiji Delta (October 1914-July 1915)
№ CDLXXXIV: The Battle of Salaita Hill (February 1916)
№ CDLXXXIX: The Battles of Latema Neck & Kahe (March 1916)
№ CDXC: The Battle of Lake Tanganyika (December 1915-July 1916)
№ DXIV: The Battle of Kisaki (September 1916)
№ DXXXVI: The Death of Frederick Selous (January 1917)
№ DLXXXII: The Flight of L 59, "Das Afrika-Schiff" (November 1917)
№ DLXXXIV: The Battle of Ngomano (November 1917)
№ DCXXXVIII: The Battle of Lioma (August 1918)
Lest we forget.
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