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The Kaiser's Last General - The East Africa Campaign and the Hunt for Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, 1914-1918 (Paperback)
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The Kaiser's Last General - The East Africa Campaign and the Hunt for Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, 1914-1918 (Paperback)
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At the outbreak of World War I, Lieutenant Colonel Paul Emil von
Lettow-Vorbeck, commander of Germany's East African Colony, planned
to divert British troops from Europe to East Africa. Knowing he
could not defeat them in pitched battle, he led a small force-never
more than 15,000 men-familiar with bush-fighting and the harsh
environment, on raids into British territory. A gifted tactician,
von Lettow-Vorbeck attacked only when odds were in his favor, then
fought defensive withdrawals into the Colony, maintaining short
lines of supply while drawing the enemy deeper into hostile
territory. The British and their allies committed 160,000 troops in
East Africa. He led them in a game of "catch me if you can,"
punishing them for every mistake. Promoted to major-general by the
Kaiser in 1917, von Lettow-Vorbeck led the only undefeated German
force to surrender to the Allies, well after the end of hostilities
in Europe. This history follows what began as a campaign of
conquest and devolved into a hunt for a single general and his
small, loyal command.
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