Tango01  | 07 Nov 2017 12:40 p.m. PST |
… Battles of World War One. "Lake Tanganyika is the longest freshwater lake in the world, and a natural wonder but one of the strangest battles of WWI took place on its placid waters. Lake Tanganyika sits between Tanzania (then German East Africa) and the Democratic Republic of Congo (then Belgian Congo). The Allies wanted to capture German East Africa, but they needed to control the lake to do so. The Germans, however, dominated the lake due to their ship the SMS Graf von Goetzen. British troops were able to push into German territory from the sea and coast, but the great lake severely hampered their inland movements. German control of the lake meant they were able to move troops along it and redeploy behind British lines, thwarting any invasion…"
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 Cacique Caribe | 07 Nov 2017 2:01 p.m. PST |
Starting with the cool name! I once met a young girl named Zika,
Who was born on Lake Tanganyika … Dan |
| Andrew Preziosi | 07 Nov 2017 2:46 p.m. PST |
Two books… Mimi and Toutou Utmost Fish |
| jurgenation | 07 Nov 2017 3:37 p.m. PST |
also the book by Peter Shankland .."The Phantom flotilla"..great story. |
| KPinder | 07 Nov 2017 4:12 p.m. PST |
And, of course the largest combatant ship is still afloat and operational. |
| Andrew Preziosi | 07 Nov 2017 5:01 p.m. PST |
My GF travelled on it about ten years ago while doing research on mullosks several years back! Thanks Jurgenation…I forgot that one! |
| cubezombie | 07 Nov 2017 6:19 p.m. PST |
One of the members of our gaming club put this on as a game a couple of years ago, great fun! link |
 Bobgnar | 07 Nov 2017 9:10 p.m. PST |
Wasn't there a movie about the sinking of that big ship? |
| Andrew Preziosi | 08 Nov 2017 3:10 a.m. PST |
Shout at the Devil… Roger Moore, Lee Marvin. |
| TGerritsen | 08 Nov 2017 7:38 a.m. PST |
Shout at the Devil was loosely based on the light cruiser Konigsberg, which holed up in a river on the East Coast of Africa. I believe the movie you are looking for is ‘The African Queen,' though that is a work of fiction, it is based on the ship and lake described here. |
Phil Fry  | 08 Nov 2017 8:35 a.m. PST |
The novel "The African Queen", by none other than C. S. Forester, was published in 1935. Made into a movie in 1951. |
| Tango01 | 08 Nov 2017 10:58 a.m. PST |
Dany… lucky you that your wife didn't read the fórum… (smile)
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| Cacique Caribe | 09 Nov 2017 3:50 a.m. PST |
Please don't tell her! Lol Dan |
| Tango01 | 09 Nov 2017 10:46 p.m. PST |
Never me… but Gwen can… (smile) Amicalement
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| Bozkashi Jones | 13 Nov 2017 4:08 a.m. PST |
I'd love to see a movie of this, but one that examines the people, not just the "Boy's Own" adventure. Spicer-Spencer was a Kurtz like character, eccentric, vainglorious and deeply unpleasant. The movie should be Apocalypse Now meets Fitzcoraldo meets Carry On Up The Khyber… Now there's a pitch! Nick |
| Legion 4 | 14 Nov 2017 8:40 a.m. PST |
Shout at the Devil… Roger Moore, Lee Marvin. I remember that movie Andrew. Was pretty good for it's time. And based somewhat on a little known event. And of course "The African Queen" is a classic … |
