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Austria-Hungary had no colonies in Africa — yet during World War I, a handful of African men appeared in its army. Most had arrived in unusual ways: through the Ottoman Empire, as servants in wealthy households, or even with traveling circuses and world fairs that reached Vienna and Budapest.

When war broke out in 1914, some were drafted or volunteered, serving as orderlies, musicians, and in rare cases as front-line soldiers. In a multiethnic empire of Hungarians, Czechs, Croats, Poles, Italians, and more, their presence was so rare that it shocked comrades and enemies alike.

A forgotten chapter of WWI history that shows just how global the Great War really was.

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