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The Forgotten Front
Ross Anderson
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Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Neuzeit bis 1918
Beschreibung
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.
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Cape of Good Hope Squadron, Kartucol, East Africa, Hanforce, Nigerian Brigade, Staffordshire Regiment, East Indies Squadron, German East Africa, East African Infantry Brigade, Lake Force, King's African Rifles|Indian Expeditionary Force, Queen's Lancashire Regiment, Imperial War Museum, National Archives, Humphrey Bogart, Wiltshire Record Office, Linforce, East African Campaign, British Library, National Army Museum, Rhodes House Library|Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, Imperial Service Brigade, British Expeditionary Force, Rufiji, Bodleian Library, Shortcol, South African National Defence Force, Documentation Centre, Portuguese East Africa, Central Railway, Norforce, Mozambique, South African Mounted Brigade, Mounted Column, Fitzcol, Philcol, The African Queen, Kenya, Bangalore Brigade, Kartrecol, Public Record Office, Royal Engineers Corps, Uganda Railway, Rhodesia, South African National Archives, Force Reserve, Durcol|Cenforce, Pamforce