The first victory the Second World War and the East African campaign
A riveting new account of the long-overlooked achievement of British-led forces who, against all odds, scored the first major Allied victory of the Second World War
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Yale University Press
[2016]
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The first victory |b the Second World War and the East African campaign |c Andrew Stewart |
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| 264 | 1 | |a New Haven |b Yale University Press |c [2016] | |
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| 300 | |a xvi, 308 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates |b illustrations, maps |c 24 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction: a forgotten campaign -- Strategic miscalculation -- Hoping for the best -- War comes to East Africa -- Imperial defeat: the surrender of British Somaliland -- Preparing for the counter-offensive -- The advance from Kenya -- Second front: striking from the Sudan -- Triumph in the mountains: the Battle of Keren -- A third front: the patriots -- Winning the war, worrying about the peace -- Conclusion: the British empire's first victory | |
| 520 | |a A riveting new account of the long-overlooked achievement of British-led forces who, against all odds, scored the first major Allied victory of the Second World War | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a World War, 1939-1945 |x Campaigns |z Africa, East | |
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