# Why are there black Germans on the Western Front? No blacks fought for Germans on the Western Front. **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [June 14, 2016, 3:08pm UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/why-are-there-black-germans-on-the-western-front-no-blacks-fought-for-germans-on-the-western-front/102030 "2016-06-14T15:08:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![NuklearVinter](https://battlefieldforum.co/user_avatar/battlefieldforum.co/nuklearvinter/32/102984_2.png) [@NuklearVinter](https://battlefieldforum.co/u/NuklearVinter)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 3:24am UTC](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/why-are-there-black-germans-on-the-western-front-no-blacks-fought-for-germans-on-the-western-front/102030/21 "2016-06-17T03:24:00Z")
> [@AFROSRB](#): > > > [@SleNdeR299](#): > > > > Because in gameplay footage you can see several black Germans. Go and watch the RussianBadger he stabs two. Secondly it is a historical fact that the only blacks who fought for the Germans were in North Africa. > > It’s a historical fact that you’re not right. Do the research. > > [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Askari](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Askari) > > [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro-Germans](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro-Germans) > > _“During WW1 about 40.000 German Askaris were bearing the brunt of the battle against British troops in German East Africa”_ > > [https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrodeutsche](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrodeutsche) > > _“Etwa 40.000 deutsche Askaris trugen während des Ersten Weltkriegs die Hauptlast des Kampfes gegen die britischen Truppen in Deutsch-Ostafrika.”_ Did you even check your own links? BF1 seems to mainly take place in Europe, and literally every single link you produced cited blacks in Africa, _only_. [Previous page](https://battlefieldforum.co/t/why-are-there-black-germans-on-the-western-front-no-blacks-fought-for-germans-on-the-western-front/102030.md?page=1)