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 Portuguese territory. Despite being heavily
outnumbered, his expert use of guerrilla tactics forced the British to
bring Jan Smuts in to lead a massive offensive, culminating in a major
battle at Nyangao-Mahiwa that saw both sides suffer heavy casualties.
Meticulously researched analysis highlights the tactical and
technological innovation shown by both armies, as they were forced to
fight in a treacherous climate where local diseases could prove just as
deadly as the opposition.