Afghanistan in World War I (2): “England must lose India” – Afghanistan as a German bridgehead
Thomas Ruttig
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100 years ago and a good year after the outbreak of World War I, a German political-military mission crossed the border into Afghanistan on the night of 19 to the 20 August 1915. Oskar Ritter von Niedermayer and Werner Otto von Hentig, a Bavarian military officer and a Prussian diplomat, both with Persian experience, led the […]
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