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General Smuts Campaign In East Africa
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Author : John Henry Verinder Crowe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1918
General Smuts Campaign In East Africa written by John Henry Verinder Crowe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1918 with World War, 1914-1918 categories.
General Smuts Campaign In East Africa Classic Reprint
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Author : John Henry Verinder Crowe
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2017-11-29
General Smuts Campaign In East Africa Classic Reprint written by John Henry Verinder Crowe and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-29 with History categories.
Excerpt from General Smuts' Campaign in East Africa Natural Obstacles and climatic difficulties Of the most formidable character. These matters are dealt with in considerable detail by General Crowe, but it may be permitted me here to direct attention to some of the more general features Of this campaign. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
General Smuts Campaign In East Africa
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Author : J. H. V. Crowe
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-09-05
General Smuts Campaign In East Africa written by J. H. V. Crowe and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-05 with History categories.
An edition specially enhanced with many photographs and maps There remains an abiding interest and enthusiasm among many military history students of the First World War for the 'side show theatre' campaigns, including that fought in East Africa. The terrain over which these actions were fought is an evocative one that is now part of the great wild life reserves of the region. The troops engaged included regulars from both sides, together with colourful irregular colonists and highly effective African troops. The German commander, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, is fascinating to those interested in these campaigns because he fought imaginatively and ably against the odds, revealing him to be a master of his craft. This book, written by a senior British officer who was present throughout the events described, does not cover the entire East African campaign, though a synopsis of those events is included to add context to the principal narrative. The narrative concentrates instead, specifically on the portion of the campaign that came under the command of Jan Christiaan Smuts, who had proved himself to be a capable Boer commander during the Anglo-Boer War, and as a leader of British forces in the Great War. He also commanded in the Second World War rising to the rank of Field-Marshal. This unique Leonaur edition benefits from the inclusion of many photographs, illustrations and campaign maps which did not appear in the original edition. This is a highly readable account which combines a history with first-hand knowledge and includes details of minor actions in combination with insights into larger command decisions, movements and engagements. 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.
General Smuts Campaign In East Africa With An Introduction By The Rt Hon J C Smuts With Maps And A Portrait
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Author : John Henry Verinder CROWE
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1918
General Smuts Campaign In East Africa With An Introduction By The Rt Hon J C Smuts With Maps And A Portrait written by John Henry Verinder CROWE and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1918 with categories.
General Smuts S Campaign In German East Africa
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Author : Cyril Campbell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1916
General Smuts S Campaign In German East Africa written by Cyril Campbell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1916 with categories.
Sketches Of The East Africa Campaign
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Author : Capt Robert V Dolbey R a M C
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2012-01-25
Sketches Of The East Africa Campaign written by Capt Robert V Dolbey R a M C and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-25 with categories.
These sketches of General Smuts' campaign of 1916 in German East Africa, do not presume to give an accurate account of the tactical or strategical events of this war. The actual knowledge of the happenings of war and of the considerations that persuade an Army Commander to any course of military conduct must, of necessity, be a closed book to the individual soldier. To the fighting man himself and to the man on the lines of communication, who helps to feed and clothe and arm and doctor him, the history of his particular war is very meagre. War, to the soldier, is limited to the very narrow horizon of his front, the daily work of his regiment, or, at the most, of his brigade. Rarely does news from the rest of one brigade spread to the troops of another in the field. Only in the hospital that serves the division are the events of his bit of war correlated and reduced to a comprehensive whole. Even then the resulting knowledge is usually wrong. For the imagination of officers, and of men in particular, is wonderful, and rumour has its birthplace in the hospital ward. One may take it as an established fact that the ordinary regimental officer or soldier knows little or nothing about events other than his particular bit of country. Only the Staff know, and they will not tell. Sometimes we have thought that all the real news lives in the cloistered brain of the General and his Chief of Staff. Be this as it may, we always got fuller and better correlated and co-ordinated news of the German East African Campaign from "Reuter" or from The Times weekly edition.
General Jan Smuts And His First World War In Africa 1914 1917
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Author : David Brock Katz
language : en
Publisher: Casemate
Release Date : 2022-05-19
General Jan Smuts And His First World War In Africa 1914 1917 written by David Brock Katz and has been published by Casemate this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-19 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A new assessment of Jan Smuts’s military leadership through examination of his World War I campaigning, demonstrating that he was a gifted general, conversant with the craft of maneuver warfare, and a command style steeped in the experiences of his time as a Boer general. World War I ushered in a renewed scramble for Africa. At its helm, Jan Smuts grabbed the opportunity to realize his ambition of a Greater South Africa. He set his sights upon the vast German colonies of South-West Africa and East Africa – the demise of which would end the Kaiser’s grandiose schemes for Mittelafrika. As part of his strategy to shift South Africa’s borders inexorably northward, Smuts even cast an eye toward Portuguese and Belgian African possessions. Smuts, his abilities as a general much denigrated by both his contemporary and then later modern historians, was no armchair soldier. This cabinet minister and statesman donned a uniform and led his men into battle. He learned his soldiery craft under General Koos De la Rey's tutelage, and another soldier-statesman, General Louis Botha during the South African War 1899–1902. He emerged from that war, immersed in the Boer maneuver doctrine he devastatingly waged in the guerrilla phase of that conflict. His daring and epic invasion of the Cape at the head of his commando remains legendary. The first phase of the German South West African campaign and the Afrikaner Rebellion in 1914 placed his abilities as a sound strategic thinker and a bold operational planner on display. Champing at the bit, he finally had the opportunity to command the Southern Forces in the second phase of the German South West African campaign. Placed in command of the Allied forces in East Africa in 1916, he led a mixed bag of South Africans and Imperial troops against the legendary Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and his Shutztruppe. Using his penchant for Boer maneuver warfare together with mounted infantry led and manned by Boer Republican veterans, he proceeded to free the vast German territory from Lettow-Vorbeck’s grip. Often leading from the front, his operational concepts were an enigma to the British under his command, remaining so to modern-day historians. Although unable to bring the elusive and wily Lettow-Vorbeck to a final decisive battle, Smuts conquered most of the territory by the end of his tenure in February 1917. General Jan Smuts and His First World War in Africa makes use of multiple archival sources and the official accounts of all the participants to provide a long-overdue reassessment of Smuts’s generalship and his role in furthering the strategic aims of South Africa and the British Empire in Africa during World War I.
General Jan Smuts And His First World War In Africa 1914 19 17
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Author : David Brock Katz
language : en
Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers
Release Date : 2022-08-24
General Jan Smuts And His First World War In Africa 1914 19 17 written by David Brock Katz and has been published by Jonathan Ball Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-24 with History categories.
'An engaging, well-written and meticulously researched military biography ...' – Tim Stapleton, Professor, Department of History, University of Calgary Jan Smuts grabbed the opportunity to realise his ambition of a Greater South Africa when the First World War ushered in a final scramble for Africa. He set his sights firmly northward upon the German colonies of South West Africa and East Africa. Smuts's abilities as a general have been much denigrated by his contemporaries and later historians, but he was no armchair soldier. He first learned his soldier's craft under General Koos de la Rey and General Louis Botha during the South African War (1899−1902). He emerged from that conflict immersed in Boer manoeuvre doctrine. After forming the Union Defence Force in 1912, Smuts played an integral part in the German South West African campaign in 1915. Placed in command of the Allied forces in East Africa in 1916, he led a mixed bag of South Africans and imperial troops against the legendary Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and his Schutztruppen. His penchant for manoeuvre warfare and mounted infantry freed most of the vast German territory from Lettow-Vorbeck's grip. General Jan Smuts and his First World War in Africa provides a long-overdue reassessment of Smuts's generalship and his role in furthering the strategic aims of South Africa and the British Empire during this era.
Sketches Of The East Africa Campaign Wwi Centenary Series
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Author : Robert Valentine Dolbey
language : en
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Release Date : 2021-03-22
Sketches Of The East Africa Campaign Wwi Centenary Series written by Robert Valentine Dolbey and has been published by Read Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-22 with History categories.
""The bulk of these ""Sketches"" were written without any thought of publication. It was my practice in ""writing home"" to touch upon different features of the campaign or of my daily experiences, and only when I returned to England to find that kind hands had carefully preserved these hurried letters, did it occur to me that, grouped together, they might serve to throw some light on certain aspects of the East Africa campaign, which might not find a place in a more elaborate history."" This book is part of the World War One Centenary series; creating, collating and reprinting new and old works of poetry, fiction, autobiography and analysis. The series forms a commemorative tribute to mark the passing of one of the world's bloodiest wars, offering new perspectives on this tragic yet fascinating period of human history. Each publication also includes brand new introductory essays and a timeline to help the reader place the work in its historical context.
The South Africans With General Smuts In German East Africa 1916
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Author : John Johnston Collyer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
The South Africans With General Smuts In German East Africa 1916 written by John Johnston Collyer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
Originally published in 1939 as a South African official history for their forces in World War I, this book covers the period from February 1916 to January 1917. There are chapters on the situation in German East Africa prior to the arrival of General Smuts, the occupation of the Kilimanjaro area, operations of the 1st Division in a number of battles and the operations of General van Deventer.