"The Conquest of German South-West Africa, 1914-1915" Topic
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Tango01 | 28 May 2014 10:13 p.m. PST |
"This very substantial book, written by the two South African official correspondents on the campaign, narrates the expedition in 1914-15 which led to the conquest of German South-West Africa (the region now known as Namibia). One author accompanied the Northern Army and the other, the Southern Army. During the 19th century the great powers of Europe raced to establish themselves in all corners of the globe for colonisation, trade and political influence. In the ‘great scramble for Africa,' the British and German empires had established themselves, by degrees, in the east and west of the continent. In the years before the outbreak of the First World War these colonies existed, more or less, in harmony but once hostilities erupted German and British settlers found themselves living in very close proximity to hostile forces. The British had the advantage of numbers since colonisation had long been a policy, though the Germans compensated for this measure with the abilities of their military commanders and the expertise and quality of their European and locally raised troops. (South Africa itself entered the fray, its forces led by commanders who a little over a decade earlier had led the Boer burghers in their attempts to form a nation independent of the British Empire.) This campaign of mobility was fought in the searing heat of a desert region and was often a ‘tip and run affair' as mounted troops traversed huge tracts of inhospitable terrain. Those interested in the First World War often find it's ‘side-show' theatres fascinating because they differed so completely from the war of stalemate and attrition on the Western Front. This is a very thorough and comprehensive book written by competent authors who experienced the campaign at first hand and were well qualified to record both their personal impressions and an informed overview of the events they witnessed. This edition of the text is liberally enhanced by the inclusion of many photographs taken on the campaign. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands." See here link Also The East African Force 1915-1919 "War in the East African bush The First World War was inevitably a global conflict because the rush by the principal powers of Europe to establish trading bases and colonies, principally during the 19th century, guaranteed it would be so. In Africa, German and British settlers were close neighbours and at the outbreak of hostilities were ready for immediate confrontation. National and imperial forces were dispatched to augment local military operations. This book concerns the struggle for East Africa. It was written, drawing on memory and diary entries, by a British senior staff officer, a brigadier-general, who was central to the organisation of the British campaign and who has left posterity a concise, thorough and detailed historical overview of it from the British perspective. This book qualifies as a campaign history rather than a first hand account and is recommended to readers seeking that perspective on this interesting ‘sideshow' theatre of the war" Here link Hope you enjoy!.
Amicalement Armand |
15th Hussar | 29 May 2014 5:00 a.m. PST |
Good find, Tango
BUT For those interested parties, the books are available Free Online at Google books or Archive.org. You'll have to search the author and a key word from the title/subject, since Leonaur renames the books from the original titles, but easily enough done. Leonaur sells very pricey books, their basic editing/spell checking skills are weak, so if you have a Nook/Kindle with an Adobe .pdf reader, you can save tonnes with just a bit of footwork. |
Mooseworks8 | 29 May 2014 10:40 a.m. PST |
Here is the first one: link The second: link |
Tango01 | 29 May 2014 10:59 a.m. PST |
Thanks for the info my friend!. (big smile). Amicalement Armand
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15th Hussar | 30 May 2014 8:30 a.m. PST |
Yes, Thanks BG
forgot to do that meself! |
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