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29 de jul. de 2022 · The forgotten front : the East African campaign, 1914-1918. by. Anderson, Ross. Publication date. 2004. Topics. World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Africa, Eastern. Publisher. Stroud, Gloucestershire : Tempus.
29 de may. de 2024 · The forgotten front: East Africa 1914-1918. By Ross Anderson. The inspiration behind the Humphrey Bogart film The African Queen, the East African campaign of the First World War is the largest conflict yet to take place on African soil in terms of scale and impact.
In 1914, the British brought in substantial reinforcements from the Indian Army to reinforce the King’s African Rifles and then subsequently two divisions of South Africans for the offensive of 1916. But decisive victory eluded them while disease and overwork ravaged their ranks.
In its scale and impact, it was the largest conflict yet to take place on African soil. Four empires and their subject peoples were engaged in a conflict that ranged from modern Kenya in the...
4 de ago. de 2014 · The Forgotten Front is the first full-scale history of this neglected campaign. Ross Anderson details the fighting and the strategic and political background to the war and the differing...
The definitive history of World War I's forgotten front: Britain versus Germany in East Africa to secure the belly of a continent. On August 7, 1914, Britain fired its first shots of World War I not in Europe but in the German colony of Togo.
Four empires and their subject peoples were engaged in a conflict that ranged from modern Kenya in the north to Mozambique in the south. The campaign combined heroic human endeavor and terrible...
