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The Kaiser's last general : the East Africa campaign and the hunt for Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, 1914-1918 /

"At the outbreak of World War I, Lieutenant Colonel Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck, commander of Germany's East African Colony, planned to divert British troops from Europe to East Africa. Knowing he could not defeat them in pitched battle, he led a small force--never more than 15,000 men--f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gladding, R. G. (Rob G.) (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2022]
Subjects:
Lettow-Vorbeck, Paul Emil von, > 1870-1964.
World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > German East Africa.
World War, 1914-1918 > Aerial operations, German.
Germany. > Heer. > Schutztruppen.
Germany > Armed Forces > Colonial forces.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Campagnes et batailles > Afrique-Orientale allemande.
HISTORY / Military / World War I.
Lettow-Vorbeck, Paul Emil von, > 1870-1964
Armed Forces > Colonial forces.
Military campaigns.
Military operations, Aerial > German.
Africa > German East Africa.
Germany.
1914-1918
Table of Contents:
  • East Africa, 1914
  • Disaster at Tanga
  • Operations in the Rufiji Delta
  • The Action at Jasin and Early Operations in the West and North-West
  • The Destruction of the Königsberg
  • The Bukoba Raid and the Action at Saisi
  • The Naval Africa Expedition
  • Operations on the Northern and North-Western Frontier
  • The Battle of Kilimanjaro
  • Portugal Enters the War and the Allied Offensive Begins
  • Into German East
  • The Long Pursuit
  • Mahiwa, Lukuledi Mission and Withdrawal to the Rovuma
  • Portuguese East Africa
  • The Last German General