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Gaudi, Robert, author.
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Lettow-Vorbeck, General von (Paul Emil), 1870-1964.
Germany. Heer. Schutztruppen.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- German East Africa.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, German.
Germany -- Armed Forces -- Colonial forces.
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African Kaiser : Gen...
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African Kaiser : General Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck and the Great War in Africa, 1914-1918 / Robert Gaudi.
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Gaudi, Robert, author.
New York : Caliber, 2017.
Subjects
Lettow-Vorbeck, General von (Paul Emil), 1870-1964.
Germany. Heer. Schutztruppen.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- German East Africa.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Aerial operations, German.
Germany -- Armed Forces -- Colonial forces.
ISBN:
9780425283714
0425283712
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viii, 436 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
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First edition.
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"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. It is the story of epic marches through harsh, beautiful landscapes; of German officers riding bicycles to battle through the bush; of rhino charges and artillery duels with scavenged naval guns; of hunted German battleships hidden up unmapped river deltas teeming with crocodiles and snakes; of a desperate army in the wilderness cut off from the world, living off hippo lard and saw grass flowers--enduring starvation, malaria, and dysentery. And of the singular intercontinental voyage of Zeppelin L59, whose improbable four-thousand-mile journey to the equator and back made aviation history. 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."--Publisher description.
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Pearl City Public Library
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940.416 Ga
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