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Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck was born on 20 March 1870 in Brandenburg an der Havel, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire. He was a German soldier who commanded the German forces in German East Africa during World War I. Lettow-Vorbeck's army was outnumbered and outgunned by the British, but he managed to keep the British at bay for four years. He was eventually forced to surrender in 1918.