Other Theatres

Africa

ARMIES IN EAST AFRICA 1914–18 by Peter Abbott, illustrated by Raffaele Ruggeri. Osprey Men at Arms Series. Short of resources, many European, African and Indian soldiers recorded epics of endurance as they hunted the outnumbered but brilliantly led German colonial forces across a disease-ridden wilderness. The achievements of Paul von Lettow Vorbeck – the last German commander in the field to lay down his arms – brought him fame and respect comparable to that won by Rommel in World War II. Paperback, 48 pages, published price £9.99 - OUR PRICE £7.99

THE FORGOTTEN FRONT 1914-1918: The East African Campaign by Ross Anderson. Superb history of this neglected campaign. Anderson details both the fighting and strategic and political background to the war the differing viewpoints of the protagonists. Illustrated hardback, 360 pages, published price £25 - OUR PRICE £19.99

PRISONERS OF THE RED DESERT by R. S. Gwatkin-Williams. The Adventures of the Crew of the Tara During the First World War. The steamer Tara and her crew spent the early part of WW1 patrolling the Northern Channel between England and Ireland before a transfer to coastal duties off Egypt and Libya. There she was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-Boat operating from a secret base on the Libyan coast. To ensure no intelligence of it's presence leaked to the British, the Germans towed the survivors—including this book’s author, the Tara’s captain, into captivity at the hands of the Senussi—religious zealots in league with the Ottoman Turkish forces. Then began a tortuous ordeal for the crew who suffered abuse, starvation and in some cases death at the hands of their gaolers. Abortive escape attempts across the relentless 'Red Desert' followed before rescue finally came in the form of a dramatic hunt and final assault by the forty armoured cars of the Duke of Westminster's squadron.

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NO INSIGNIFICANT PART: The Rhodesia Native Regiment & the East African Campaign of the First World War by Timothy J Stapleton. The first history of the regiment, it remained in the field longer than all-white units and some of its members received some of Britain's highest decorations, the Rhodesia Native Regiment was quickly disbanded after the war. Illustrated hardback, 188 pp. £36.99 – OUR PRICE £29.99

SANUSI'S LITTLE WAR: The Amazing Story of a Forgotten Conflict in the Western Desert, 1915-17 by Russell McGuirk. This book tells for the first time the full story of the Turco-Sanusi invasion and the subsequent military campaign. 332 pp, Hardback £25 – OUR PRICE £19.99

Italy

THE WHITE WAR, Life and Death on the Italian Front 1915 – 1919 by Mark Thompson. Think of the worst conflicts of the first world war and you are unlikely to settle upon the 12 battles of the Isonzo, each covered in gory detail in this excellent history. As Thompson observes, "the ratio of blood shed to territory gained was even worse than the Western Front", because the proto-fascist General Luigi Cadorna forced wave upon wave of ill-equipped Italian peasants to advance along the Isonzo valley, only to be mown down by Austrian machine-guns. The Italian campaign ended in defeat, while the postwar settlement soured relations with the Allies sufficiently for the emergence of Mussolini. Softback. 456 pp. £9.99 – OUR PRICE £7.99

ASIAGO, Francis MacKay. Softback. 160 pages. £9.95 - OUR PRICE £8.95

TOURING THE ITALIAN FRONT 1917-1919 F. Mackay. Softback. 192 pp. £9.95 – OUR PRICE £8.95

Russia

INTERVENTION IN RUSSIA 1918 – 1920 – A cautionary tale by Miles Hudson. Following the end of the Great War a civil war developed between the Bolsheviks and the 'White Russians' who represented the old Czarist order. A 'coalition' of 16 nations including Britain, America and France became involved on numerous fronts in support of the White Russians. The result was defeat and failure for the coalition forces. Hardback. £19.95 - OUR PRICE £15.99

CHURCHILL’S CRUSADE: The British Invasion of Russia, 1918 - 1920 by Clifford Kinvig. The story of Britain's invasion of Russia at the end of the First World War has remained largely untold. Although not its initial architect, its chief advocate, was the passionately anti-Bolshevik, Winston Churchill. Churchill's Crusade is the first complete account of a unique military operation - one which, if it had succeeded, would have changed the history of Russia, Europe and the World. Softback. 304 pp. £16.99 - OUR PRICE £13.99

THE FATE OF ADMIRAL KOLCHAK by Peter Fleming. A biography of the Admiral Aleksandr Kolchak, a polar explorer and commander of the Black Sea fleet in 1916. He became the leader of the White Russians in Omsk in 1918. When Omsk fell to the Red Army in 1920 Kolchak was captured and executed in Irkutsk. Illustrated softback, 254 pp. Published price £9.99 OUR PRICE £7.49.

HONOURED BY STRANGERS – The Life of Captain Francis Cromie, CB, DSO, RN – 1882 – 1918 by Roy Bainton. Captain Francis Cromie became a submarine commander at the remarkably young age of 24. In 1915 he was chosen to head a flotilla of submarines to attack German shipping in the Baltic Sea. He was decorated three times by the Czar of Russia and received the DSO. His murder in the British Embassy in 1918 at the age of 37 remained a tragic mystery for many years. Roy Bainton's extensive researches have revealed why Cromie has previously been omitted from official histories of that difficult period. Illustrated hardback, 316 pp. Published price £18.99 - OUR PRICE £5.99.

DANCES IN DEEP SHADOWS: The Clandestine War in Russia, 1917-1920 by Michael Occleshaw.
In 1917, the world was turned upside down by a popular uprising and then a Bolshevik coup d'etat in Russia. In revolutionary Russia, the author reveals a teeming underground of espionage, double dealing and adventurism. From the secret negotiations between the Bolsheviks and the capitalist powers to Britain's plans for a separate Cossack state, Occleshaw reveals a history darker, more dangerous and more exciting than anyone could have imagined. Illustrated hardback, 360 pages, published price £20 – OUR PRICE £14.99

Middle East

MEGIDDIO 1918 – The Last Great Cavalry Victory by Bryan Perrett, illustrated by Ed Dovey. Osprey Campaign Series. After securing the capture of Jerusalem General Allenby planned a campaign that would knock Turkey out of World War 1. Supported by Lawrence and his Arab irregulars, the Desert Mounted Corps swept across the Turkish rear, destroying three armies in the process. Turkey's war was over and the days of the tottering Ottoman Empire were numbered. Paperback, 96 pages, published price £14.99 - OUR PRICE £12.99