The Forgotten Front The East African Campaign 1914-1918

by Anderson, Ross

• ISBN13: 9780752423449
• ISBN10: 0752423444
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Tempus

Summary

The First World War began in East Africa in July 1914 and did not end until November 13, 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, leaving hunger and devastation in its trail. Yet the East African campaign has languished in undeserved obscurity over the years, with many people only vaguely aware of its course of events. Africans bore the brunt of the fighting and few escaped the impact of the war.

Author Biography

Ross Anderson has spent 26 years in the British and Canadian Armies, and is currently a Lieutenant Colonel. He completed his PhD in history at the University of Glasgow. He has spent many years researching the campaign, consulting the British, German, Belgian and South African archives

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 7
Foreword	p. 9
The Strategic Background	p. 13
Operations of 1914	p. 30
Operations of 1915	p. 64
The Allied Advance Begins	p. 101
The Advance to the Rufiji	p. 128
Reorganisation: January-May 1917	p. 181
The Clearance of German East Africa	p. 211
The Fight for Portuguese East Africa	p. 259
Summary and Conclusions	p. 295
Epilogue	p. 299
List of Abbreviations	p. 300
Bibliography	p. 301
Notes	p. 313
List of Illustrations	p. 345
Index	p. 347
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