When Elephants Clash: A Critical Analysis of General Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck in the Great War - Softcover

Crowson, Thomas A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1507622155 ISBN 13: 9781507622155

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2003

Synopsis

For over four years during World War I, Lieutenant Colonel (Later Major General) Paul Emil von Lettow-Vorbeck, commander of the German Schutztruppe led the men of the British East African Expeditionary Force on a chase over some of the most inhospitable terrain imaginable. As the commander of German forces in East Africa, he was the author of one of the most successful guerrilla fights in history. His innovative and creative solutions to daily problems proved to be the undoing of a succession of British commanders, allowing him to bleed Allied forces from European fronts. Although he never had more than 3,000 European and 15,000 native soldiers, von Lettow-Vorbeck consumed the efforts of over 250,000 Allied (mostly British) soldiers. Von Lettow-Vorbeck and the men of the Schutztruppe are little known outside of Germany, but they were never defeated and have the distinction of being the only Germans of World War I to occupy British soil. Despite their successes, their exploits remain obscured in the greater tragedy of the Great War.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1507622155
• ISBN 13: 9781507622155
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 146