Kenyans were involved in both the 1st and 2nd world wars and fought both wars on the side of the British who had colonized the nation, turning it into their colony.
After the 1st world war where Kenyans were taken abroad to fight, they developed even more hatred for the British, after surviving fighters were dumped in Nairobi's Carrier Corps area (Kariokor) to get their way home, without any form of token or compensation.
So when the second world war began, and the British heard that the Italians were coming for them from the North, they had to once again recruit Kenyans to help them fight.
The Italians had already crushed Ethiopia, sending Emperor Haile Selassie to exile in Europe, before sending a warning to Kenya, which forced the scared British to recruit some 98,240 Kenyans into the army.
According to Ngotho Kamau, father to Nation journalist Kamau Ngotho, Kenyans were unwilling to help the British. The older Ngotho was among the recruits who fought the Italians.
In a Daily Nation article, Ngotho told his son that Kenyans wanted the British to suffer for the mistreatment they were subjecting them to.
They saw this as the right time for the white man to taste the feeling of suffering, after taking their land, turning them into slaves and taking away their freedom, and even demanding taxes.
By 1941, the Italians had already flattened Moyale, and moved 100 kilometres into Kenya, now targeting the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, which they didn't know where it was.
Due to the absence of advanced navigation technology then, the Italians ended up hitting the wrong target, Isiolo Town, which they confused for Nairobi.
They thought Isiolo's geographical placement in the middle of the country made it the capital.
However, it's apparent that the Italians, who were fighting in alliance with Germany under Adolf Hitler, were never successful as Britain retained Kenya until 1963.
Germany and her friends would also lose the entire fight to the Allies, resulting in the death of Hitler at the Berlin's Furher Bunker towards the end of the battle.
While other documents state that he was killed inside the underground establishment, others indicate that he committed suicide alongside his lover Eva Braun.
Though they never gave in to the pressure of their fellow whites, the British ended up succumbing to the pressure of blacks, people they considered inferior, who fought on two fronts.
On one side was the Mau Mau forest guerillas and on the other was a team of politicians who used a more civilized way, the likes of Jomo Kenyatta and Jaramogi Oginga.