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The 1895 Battle of Tabora: Belgium's Forgotten Victory in East Africa
In 1895, a Belgian-led force of Congolese soldiers marched over a thousand miles to capture the Arab-Swahili stronghold of Tabora in German East Africa. This episode follows the extraordinary journey of the Force Publique under Commander Francis Dhanis and Lieutenant Guillaume Arnot, as they allied with rival Arab factions, weathered disease and desertion, and stormed the fortified city in a single dawn assault. We explore the political calculus behind the campaign—Leopold II's ambition to secure the Congo's eastern frontier, the tacit cooperation with German colonial authorities…
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