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Gregg A. Adams - King´s African Rifles Soldier vs Schutztruppe Soldier: East Africa 1917-18 - 9781472813275 - V9781472813275
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King´s African Rifles Soldier vs Schutztruppe Soldier: East Africa 1917-18

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Description for King´s African Rifles Soldier vs Schutztruppe Soldier: East Africa 1917-18 Paperback. .
Specially commissioned artwork and thrilling combat accounts transport the reader to the far-flung and inhospitable East African theatre of World War I, where the Schutztruppe faced off against the King's African Rifles. In an attempt to divert Allied forces from the Western Front, a small German colonial force under the command of Oberst Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck raided British and Portuguese territory. Despite being heavily outnumbered, his expert use of guerrilla tactics forced the British to mount a series of offensives, culminating in a major battle at Nyangao-Mahiwa that saw both sides suffer heavy casualties. Meticulously researched analysis ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Combat
Condition
New
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472813275
SKU
V9781472813275
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1

About Gregg A. Adams
Gregg Adams earned a doctorate in physics in 1983 from the University of Missouri-Rolla. His interest in the World War I's East African campaign begin in 1973, when he first read Major J.R. Sibley's Tanganyika Guerrilla, followed shortly by reading Charles Miller's Battle for the Bundu. From that time he has studied the campaign with a particular interest in the ... Read more

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