The Forgotten Front

The East African Campaign 1914-1918

Ross Anderson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

2014
The History Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7509-5836-3 (ISBN)

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The First World War began in East Africa in August 1914 and did not end until 13 November 1918. 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 north to Mozambique in the south. The campaign combined heroic human endeavour and terrible suffering, set in some of the most difficult terrain in the world. The troops had to cope with extremes that ranged from arid deserts to tropical jungles and formidable mountains, and almost always on inadequate rations. Yet the East African campaign has languished in undeserved obscurity over the years, with many people only vaguely aware of its course of events. Indeed, Humphrey Bogart’s famous film, The African Queen, inspired by an episode of the campaign, often provides its only lasting image. 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 viewpoints of the principal protagonists.

Ross Anderson has a PhD in History from the University of Glasgow, and spent 30 years in the British and Canadian armies, becoming a Lieutenant-Colonel. He is the author of "The Battle of Tanga 1914."

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.8.2014
Zusatzinfo	20 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Stroud
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-7509-5836-7 / 0750958367
ISBN-13	978-0-7509-5836-3 / 9780750958363
Zustand	Neuware