A fascinating, illustrated study of the war in East Africa waged by German colonial forces under Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck against the colonial and expeditionary forces of the Allied Powers.The East African Campaign in World War I comprised a series of battles and guerrilla actions which began in German East Africa in 1914 and spread to portions of Portuguese Mozambique, northern Rhodesia, British East Africa, the Uganda Protectorate, and the Belgian Congo. German colonial forces under Lieutenant-Colonel Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck attempt to divert Allied forces from the Western Front.This fascinating work documents the British, Indian, South African, Belgian, Portuguese and local native forces who invaded German East Africa, and the progress of the fighting. David Smith describes how German forces were slowly ousted from German East Africa, a process made tortuous by Lettow-Vorbeck's masterful management of the campaign. Colourful illustrations bring to life a wide-ranging and eventful
