The Great War In Africa 1914 1918

Author : Byron Farwell
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : 0393305643

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The Great War in Africa, 1914-1918 by Byron Farwell Pdf

The authors present the state of the art in the rapidly growing field of visualization as related to problems in urban and regional planning. The significance and timeliness of this volume consist in its reflection of several developments in literature and the challenges cities are facing. First, the unsustainability of many of our current paradigms of development has become evidently clear. We are entering an era in which communities across the globe are strengthening their connections to the global flows of capital, goods, ideas, technologies and values while facing at the same time serious dislocations in their traditional socioeconomic structures. While the impending scenarios of climate change impacts remind us about the integrated ecological system that we are part of, the current discussions about global recession in the media alert us and make us aware of the occasional perils of the globalized economic system. The globally dispersed, intricately integrated and hyper-complex socioeconomic-ecological system is difficult to analyze, comprehend and communicate without effective visualization tools. Given that planners are at the frontlines in the effort to prepare as well as build resilience in the impacted communities, appropriate visualization tools are indispensable for effective planning. Second, planners have largely been slow to incorporate the advances in visualization research emerging from other domains of inquiry.

Author : Byron Farwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : OCLC:1391552270

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The Great War in Africa, 1914-1918 by Byron Farwell Pdf

Author : Robert Gaudi
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780698411524

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African Kaiser by Robert Gaudi Pdf

The incredible true account of World War I in Africa and General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, the last undefeated German commander. “Let me say straight out that if all military histories were as thrilling and well written as Robert Gaudi’s African Kaiser, I might give up reading fiction and literary bio­graphy… Gaudi writes with the flair of a latter-day Macaulay. He sets his scenes carefully and describes naval and military action like a novelist.”—Michael Dirda, The Washington Post As World War I ravaged the European continent, a completely different theater of war was being contested in Africa. And from this very different kind of war, there emerged a very different kind of military leader.... At the beginning of the twentieth century, the continent of Africa was a hotbed of international trade, colonialism, and political gamesmanship. So when World War I broke out, the European powers were forced to contend with one another not just in the bloody trenches, but in the treacherous jungle. And it was in that unforgiving land that General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck would make history. With the now-legendary Schutztruppe (Defensive Force), von Lettow-Vorbeck and a small cadre of hardened German officers fought alongside their fanatically devoted native African allies as equals, creating the first truly integrated army of the modern age. African Kaiser is the fascinating story of a forgotten guerrilla campaign in a remote corner of Equatorial Africa in World War I; of a small army of ultraloyal African troops led by a smaller cadre of rugged German officers—of white men and black who fought side by side. But mostly it is the story of von Lettow-Vorbeck—the only undefeated German commmander in the field during World War I and the last to surrender his arms.

Author : Brigadier-General E. Howard Gorges
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2012-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781781497494

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The Great War in West Africa by Brigadier-General E. Howard Gorges Pdf

The campaign in West Africa during the Great War is overshadowed by the more famous fight agains the elusive German genius of guerilla warfare, Gen. von Lettow-Vorbeck in East Africa. This account by the British Commander in West Africa, redresses the balance. Gorges describes the Anglo-French invasion and occupation of Togoland, Germany's west African colony, and the more difficult and protracted operations against the German Cameroons—on land, as well as at sea. It took the Allies until January 1916 to eliminate German resistance and chase the remaining German forces into neutral territory. Profusely illustrated with maps, 191 photographs, and four appendices listing officers serving, orders of battle etc.

Author : Defence HQ
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781781496374

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The Union of South Africa and the Great War 1914-1918 Official History by Defence HQ Pdf

The S African part in the Great War began with operations to secure objectives in German South West Africa, but these had to be hastily abandoned when armed rebellion broke out back home, led by General Beyers, De Wet and others involving some 11,500 pro-German rebels. The rebellion lasted five months from September 1914 to February 1915 when they surrendered to General Botha and his force of 30,000, two thirds of whom were of Dutch descent. With the rebellion over the S Africans resumed the campaign for the conquest of German SW Africa. As the official historian points out, whereas the other Dominions' efforts were more or less centralized - Canadian Corps, Australian Corps, New Zealand Division - the S African activities were directed into diiverse operations that bore little relations to each other, and this is reflected in the structure of this history which is divided into several parts. The first part covers the initial operations in German SW Africa and the rebellion at home. Part II deals with the resumed operations, after the rebellion, in SW Africa. Parts III and IV are concerned with the German East African campaign in which S African troops played a large part. Perhaps the best known of the S African forces of the Great War is the S African Infantry Brigade which operated first out of Egypt against the Senussi tribesmen (Part V) and then on the Western Front (Part VI) where they earned the reputation of being among the finest troops in the BEF, and their action in Delville Wood during the Somme offensive is legendary. This Part VI takes up the main part of the book coverering almost one hundred pages. But they weren't the only S African troops in France. Five siege batteries, 71st to 75th each equipped with 6" Howitzers, arrived in France in April 1916 followed by a sixth (125th Battery) in July, but it wasn't till January 1918 that they were brought together forming two Heavy Artillery Groups, 44th and 50th. In Part VII the doings of each battery are treated separately. Also covered in this Part is a divisional signal company which became XV Corps Signal Company, the S African Medical Services in France, two railway companies and eight horse transport companies manned by Cape Coloured drivers. The final part, Part VIII, is given over to administration. The book concludes with the list of S African VCs with their citations, and the casualty (deaths) figures, shown by unit; they amounted to 12,452 of whom 8,551were combat troops. In all 220,196 S Africans served of whom 92,837 were Cape Coloured and S African Native personnel of the Labour Battalion and Corps.

Author : Santanu Das
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2011-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521509848

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Race, Empire and First World War Writing by Santanu Das Pdf

Drawing upon fresh archival material this book recovers the experience of different ethnic groups during the First World War conflict.

Author : David Jordan
Publisher : Amber Books Ltd
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781906626143

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The Balkans, Italy & Africa 1914–1918 by David Jordan Pdf

Italy had been allied with the German and Austro-Hungarian Empires since 1882 as part of the Triple Alliance. However, the nation had its own designs on Austrian territory in Trentino, Istria and Dalmatia. Rome had a secret 1902 pact with France, effectively nullifying its alliance. At the start of hostilities, Italy refused to commit troops, arguing that the Triple Alliance was defensive in nature, and that Austria-Hungary was an aggressor. The Austro-Hungarian government began negotiations to secure Italian neutrality, offering the French colony of Tunisia in return. However, Italy then joined the Entente in April 1915 and declared war on Austria-Hungary in May. Fifteen months later, it declared war on Germany. Faced with Russia, Austria-Hungary could spare only one third of its army to attack Serbia. After suffering heavy losses, the Austrians briefly occupied the Serbian capital, Belgrade. Serbian counterattacks, however, succeeded in driving them from the country by the end of 1914. The Serbs suffered defeat near modern day Gnjilane in Kosovo, forces being evacuated by ship to Greece. In late 1915 a Franco-British force landed at Salonica in Greece, to offer assistance and to pressure the government to declare war against the Central Powers. Only at the end of the conflict were the Entente powers able to break through, which was after most of the German and Austro-Hungarian troops had been withdrawn. Some of the first clashes of the war involved British, French and German colonial forces in Africa. On 7 August, French and British troops invaded the German protectorate of Togoland. On 10 August German forces in South-West Africa attacked South Africa; sporadic and fierce fighting continued for the remainder of the war.

Author : Bill Nasson
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780143027164

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Springboks On The Somme - South Africa in the Great War 1914 - 1918 by Bill Nasson Pdf

The Great War of 1914-18 was a conflict which engulfed the whole world, directly or indirectly. It was an imperialist world war that tugged the new Union of South Africa and its people into a series of separate but connected conflicts - from the domestic Afrikaner Rebellion on the highveld, through the sands of German South West Africa, the steamy bush of German East Africa, and on to the mud and blood of France and Flanders. This book is the first general study of the complex ways in which South Africans experienced the impact of the First World War, and responded to its demands, burdens and opportunities. Told with his customary narrative energy and ironic style, Bill Nasson's new history is a lively account not only of how South Africa fought the war, but also of the miscalculations and illusions that surrounded its involvement, and of how South African society came to imagine and remember that great and terrible conflict.

Author : Edward Paice
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : 0753823497

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Tip and Run by Edward Paice Pdf

Controversial and groundbreaking account of the infamous East African campaign during the First World War 'Superb' Sunday Times * * * 'Masterful' Daily Mail * * * 'Gripping' Daily Telegraph The Great War's East Africa campaign was, and remains, of huge importance. A 'small war', consisting of a few 'local affairs', was all that was expected in August 1914 as Britain moved to eliminate the threat to the high seas of German naval bases in Africa. But two weeks after the Armistice was signed in Europe British and German troops were still fighting in Africa after four years of what one campaign historian described as 'a war of extermination and attrition without parallel in modern times'. The expense of the campaign to the British Empire was immense, the Allied and German 'butchers bills' even greater. But the most tragic consequence of the two sides' deadly game of 'tip and run' was the devastation of an area five times the size of Germany, and civilian suffering on a scale unimaginable in Europe. Includes the real stories behind the classic Bogart/ film THE AFRICAN QUEEN, William Boyd's Booker shortlisted novel AN ICE-CREAM WAR, Wilbur Smith's thriller SHOUT AT THE DEVIL and two of the Young Indiana Jones films

Author : Ian Frederick William Beckett
Publisher : Pearson
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015050510174

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The Great War, 1914-1918 by Ian Frederick William Beckett Pdf

The Great War scarred both the people and the popular imagination of Europe. No previous war matched it in scale, brutality and futility. The course of events has been told many times, spurred by an endless desire to understand 'the war to end all wars'. However this impressive book moves beyond military narrative to offer a much fuller analysis of the conflict's impact: strategic, political, social and cultural. Starting with the context and origins of the war, including assassination, misunderstanding and differing national war-aims, it then covers the treacherous course of the conflict and its social consequences: #Mobilisation had a massive impact both on soldiers and female civilians, producing radical changes to people's way of life which stimulated political change #Science and technology created a new brand of industrialised warfare and were accelerated by the imperative of victory # The insecurity and strain of war created dissidence and mutiny, engendering revolution in Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia. The war left a long-term legacy for victors and vanquished alike. It created new frontiers and changed the balance of power, influenced the arts, national memory and political thought. The reach of this account is global, showing how a conflict amongst European powers came to involve their colonial empires, and embrace Japan, China, the Ottoman Empire, Latin America and the United States. This is a bold and original book, offering a thematic study of a war that was famously, and quite rightly, labelled as 'the seminal event of the twentieth century'. Ian Beckett is Professor of History, Luton University, UK.

Author : G. J. Meyer
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 818 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2007-05-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780553382402

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A World Undone by G. J. Meyer Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Drawing on exhaustive research, this intimate account details how World War I reduced Europe’s mightiest empires to rubble, killed twenty million people, and cracked the foundations of our modern world “Thundering, magnificent . . . [A World Undone] is a book of true greatness that prompts moments of sheer joy and pleasure. . . . It will earn generations of admirers.”—The Washington Times On a summer day in 1914, a nineteen-year-old Serbian nationalist gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. While the world slumbered, monumental forces were shaken. In less than a month, a combination of ambition, deceit, fear, jealousy, missed opportunities, and miscalculation sent Austro-Hungarian troops marching into Serbia, German troops streaming toward Paris, and a vast Russian army into war, with England as its ally. As crowds cheered their armies on, no one could guess what lay ahead in the First World War: four long years of slaughter, physical and moral exhaustion, and the near collapse of a civilization that until 1914 had dominated the globe. Praise for A World Undone “Meyer’s sketches of the British Cabinet, the Russian Empire, the aging Austro-Hungarian Empire . . . are lifelike and plausible. His account of the tragic folly of Gallipoli is masterful. . . . [A World Undone] has an instructive value that can scarcely be measured”—Los Angeles Times “An original and very readable account of one of the most significant and often misunderstood events of the last century.”—Steve Gillon, resident historian, The History Channel

Author : De-Valera NYM Botchway,Kwame Osei Kwarteng
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781527520424

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Africa and the First World War by De-Valera NYM Botchway,Kwame Osei Kwarteng Pdf

The First World War was a widespread conflagration in world history, which, despite its European origins, had enormous effects throughout the world. Fettered to European politics and diplomacy through colonialism, Africa could not claim a position of neutrality, meaning that it mobilised human and natural resources to support the imperial war effort. Fighting both within and outside Africa, colonised Africans who were compelled or coaxed by the colonial regimes of the warring European countries fought Europeans and Africans too. The soldiers fought with great dedication and contributed significantly to successes attained by the belligerent European colonialists. Similarly, African non-combatants, like carriers, brought zeal and enthusiasm to difficult wartime tasks. The impact of the war on Africa was immense with far-reaching consequences in specific colonies, and touched the lives of all Africans under colonial rule. Although the continent’s connections to the war were immense and diverse, these experiences are not widely known among scholars and the general public. This is because, over the years, most studies and commemorative events of the war have centred on the European theatre of the war and its outcomes. This book brings together interesting essays written by scholars of African history, society, and military about African experiences of the war. It complements and problematises some key themes on Africa and the First World War, and offers a stimulating historiographical excursion, providing possibilities for reconsidering normative conclusions on the war. The volume will be of interest to general readers, as well as students and researchers in different areas of scholarship, including African history, war studies, postcolonial studies, cultural studies, labour history, and the history of memory, among others.

Author : Ross Anderson
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750958738

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The Forgotten Front by Ross Anderson Pdf

The First World War began in East Africa in August 1914 and did not end until 13 November 1918. In its scale and impact, it was the largest conflict yet to take place on African soil. Four empires and their subject peoples were engaged in a conflict that ranged from modern Kenya in the north to Mozambique in the south. The campaign combined heroic human endeavour and terrible suffering, set in some of the most difficult terrain in the world. The troops had to cope with extremes that ranged from arid deserts to tropical jungles and formidable mountains, and almost always on inadequate rations. Yet the East African campaign has languished in undeserved obscurity over the years, with many people only vaguely aware of its course of events. Indeed, Humphrey Bogart's famous film, The African Queen, inspired by an episode of the campaign, often provides its only lasting image. The Forgotten Front is the first full-scale history of this neglected campaign. Ross Anderson details the fighting and the strategic and political background to the war and the differing viewpoints of the principal protagonists.

Author : South Africa. General Staff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1924
Category : South Africa
ISBN : UOM:39015057226469

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The Union of South Africa and the Great War, 1914-1918 by South Africa. General Staff Pdf

Author : Dan Gilfoyle,Ana Paula Pires,Anne Samson
Publisher : Gwaa / Tsl Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1914245423

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There Came a Time 2 by Dan Gilfoyle,Ana Paula Pires,Anne Samson Pdf

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