The Great War In West Africa

"Herein will be found a short narrative of the naval and military operations in Togoland and the Cameroons, 1914-16."--Pref.

The vast military campaigns in Africa during World War I were among the most ambitious of the Great War. Many histories, however, have regarded these campaigns as side-shows to the war on the Western Front. World War One in Africa looks afresh at the impact of the strategy of the German and Allied campaigns, and at the great rivalry between General Jan Christian Smuts, who took on the German forces in East Africa, and General Lettow-Vorbeck, celebrated as the only German general to occupy British territory and whose troops finished the war undefeated. Using primary material from British and South African archives, this book is a detailed study of the giants of the campaign, and the battles which would shape the outcome of the Great War as well as the future of the African continent and the British Empire.

Military engagements 1. India's contribution to the Great War in East Africa - Harry Fecitt 2. Major-General JM Stewart's advance from Namanga, BEA to Moshi, GEA, 5-16 March 1916 - James Willson 3. South Africa's Cape Corps - Rufiji campaign: The final push - Janet Szabo 4. South Africa's Cape Corps at Square Hill, Palestine - A test of its fighting mettle - Janet Szabo 5. The impact of WW1 on East Africa seen through the eyes of Claude Oldfield, Colonial Service, Northern Rhodesia (1911-32) - Malcolm Alexander Challenging myths and legacy 6. The legend of the Old & the Bold - Fact or Myth? - Alex Balm 7. The engagement of small scale farm growers in Coffee farming during German and British Colonial rule in Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania -Somo ML Seimu 8. Intensification of Cotton farming under British Colonial Rule during Post World War 1 era in Western Cotton Growing Area - Somo ML Seimu 9. Portugal and the Memory of the First World War in Africa - Sergio Neto 10. "You are going to die ... That is what you came here to do" Representa tions of the SS Mendi in South Africa's socio-political landscape - Richard Brown Centenary reflections 11. First World War battlesites in Mbala/Abercorn and District - visited in 2017/19 - Patrick Wiedorn; Mary Mbewe; Colin Carlin 12. Reflections on cross-cultural aspects by reseachers of the First World War in Africa - GWAA members 13. On the Sideline - Photographs of the East and West African campaigns in the First World War Project Experience - Tomar Beh 14. Breaking the Myths - Christine Locke 15. Behind the wire: An exhibition in Kwa-Zulu Natal Museum - Stefan Manz 16. 1914-1918 Encyclopedia - Melvin E Page

The First Campaign Victory of the Great War provides an insightful account of South Africa's First World War German South West Africa campaign and combines the fields of military theory and military history in a novel campaign history. In analysing the campaign through the lens of "manoeuvre warfare theory" the work adds a new and unique dimension