King's African Rifles Soldier Vs Schutztruppe Soldier: East Africa 1917-18

by Gregg Adams

Specially commissioned artwork and thrilling combat accounts transport the reader to the far-flung and inhospitable African theater of war, where the Schutztruppe faced off against the King's African Rifles.

Stalemate in Europe had prompted Germany to turn its attention to Africa in an attempt to divert Allied forces from the Western Front, using a small colonial force under the command of Oberst Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck to raid British and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472813278
• ISBN13: 9781472813275
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.2" x 9.6"