My Reminiscences of East Africa: The German East Africa Campaign in World War One - A General's Memoir Lettow-Vorbeck General Paul Emil Von
General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck of the German East-Africa campaign shares his narrative of the war, and his effective use of guerilla warfare to keep a far larger Allied army in check.Unlike his…
Specifikacia My Reminiscences of East Africa: The German East Africa Campaign in World War One - A General's Memoir Lettow-Vorbeck General Paul Emil Von
General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck of the German East-Africa campaign shares his narrative of the war, and his effective use of guerilla warfare to keep a far larger Allied army in check.Unlike his counterparts in Europe, whose war had quickly come to a standstill and infamous trench warfare, Lettow-Vorbeck led a highly effective campaign that impressed commanders on both sides. His campaign took place over what is today Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania, with parts of Britain's colonial holdings eventually also subject to skirmishing. The cunning use of the terrain, weather, ambush, salvaged guns from the sunken ship K nigsberg, and locally hired auxiliaries meant Lettow-Vorbeck's small force kept an Allied army roughly ten times as large occupied.While the static western front of Europe happened contrary to forward planning, Lettow-Vorbeck and other military