2nd/3rd rate powers - Africans...

Adrian Johnson schrieb:
> Hi Folks,

Other examples worth mentioning of fighting skill and courage are various
colonial campaigns or rebellions against colonial powers, e.g. the Sudan
campaign (Kiplings "Fuzzi Wuzzies"), the Dahomey and their
Amazons, the Herero rebellion in German SW Africa or the Maji-Maji
rebellion in German East Afrika.

As to professional troops, various colonial troops were held in quite high
regard, e.g.v.Lettow Vorbeck's Askari, the King's African Rifles
or French auxiliaries - even if these were led by Europeans.

It's just that after colonial times, there have been few African forces that
show evidence of being even comparable to average Western forces. Certainly
more a reflection of training, political and economic circumstances rather
than anything specifically 'African'.

To return to the GZG-verse, I don't think there is canon text that the
PAU ranks as a top-ranking power in economic, political or military
terms ? One of the also-rans at best ?

Greetings

> --- KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de wrote:

> Other examples worth mentioning of fighting skill

Fighting skill on the individual level and personal courage!= good quality
professional soldiers.

> As to professional troops, various colonial troops

Led, trained, and equipped. Sounds like the colonial power is doing all the
work.