The World War I, the African front : an imperial war on the dark continent, Edward Paice
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The World War I, the African front : an imperial war on the dark continent, Edward Paice
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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index present
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non fiction
Main title
The World War I
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bibliography
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Edward Paice
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the African front : an imperial war on the dark continent
Summary
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. The campaign to eliminate the threat at sea posed by German naval bases in Africa would soon be won, but in the land war, especially in East Africa, British troops would meet far fiercer resistance from German colonial forces that had fully mastered the tactics of bush warfare. It was expected to be a "small war," over by Christmas, yet it would continue bloodily for more than four years, even beyond the signing of the Armistice in Europe.--From publisher description
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