Could someone please give me a short introduction to the campaigns in Africa in WWI ?
TIA,
Yngwie J.
The African Campaigns.
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Yngwie,
Not a complete answer to your question, but something about a miltary leader whom I rate very high. http://www.pressenter.com/~germanam/colonel.htm
Regards, Juha
Not a complete answer to your question, but something about a miltary leader whom I rate very high. http://www.pressenter.com/~germanam/colonel.htm
Regards, Juha
Re: The African Campaigns.
Hello to all 
; a little complement here............................
LES OPERATIONS MILITAIRES A LA FRONTIERE EST DE LA PROVINCE ORIENTALE PENDANT LA GUERRE 1914-1918. [Military operations on the eastern frontier of the Belgian Congo during the World War.] Lieutenant Bayot.
At Rushomba on 27 November, 1914, a force of 300 Belgian troops repulsed a landing attempt on the western shore of Lake Kivu by 500 Germans and Watuzis from a fleet of 100 canoes. The canoes were escorted by two heavy whale boats and by a motorboat mounting a machine gun. But the fire from shore, opened at 600 meters, was so hot that the enemy gave up after two attempts.
German East African detachments entered Belgian territory several times during the remainder of 1914 but no major engagements occurred. In December, Lieutenant Locken with 147 men, while protecting the passage of a commercial caravan, drove back a force of 5 Germans, 100 native troops, and several unorganized bands of natives, near Binei, with the loss of one man.
It was fortunate, the author says, that the greater part of the force in German East Africa was directed against neighboring British colonies, rather than the Belgian Congo. The Belgian force was very small at first, and had an extremely difficult time merely defending. By November, however, it reached 2,000 effectives, which was enough to defend the border successfully. Minor actions occurred at Chahafi (1 January. 1915), at Iko Island, Lake Kivu (4-5 January), and at Luvungi (12 January), in all of which the German-led forces were defeated.
The hard fighting and rapid marches of the Belgian force apparently deceived von Lettow-Vorbeck, the German commander, whose estimate of the Belgian strength Wall high.
Source: Periodical Articles-Catalog. Review of Military Literature. March 1935.
More details on this? Cheers. Raúl M
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; a little complement here............................LES OPERATIONS MILITAIRES A LA FRONTIERE EST DE LA PROVINCE ORIENTALE PENDANT LA GUERRE 1914-1918. [Military operations on the eastern frontier of the Belgian Congo during the World War.] Lieutenant Bayot.
At Rushomba on 27 November, 1914, a force of 300 Belgian troops repulsed a landing attempt on the western shore of Lake Kivu by 500 Germans and Watuzis from a fleet of 100 canoes. The canoes were escorted by two heavy whale boats and by a motorboat mounting a machine gun. But the fire from shore, opened at 600 meters, was so hot that the enemy gave up after two attempts.
German East African detachments entered Belgian territory several times during the remainder of 1914 but no major engagements occurred. In December, Lieutenant Locken with 147 men, while protecting the passage of a commercial caravan, drove back a force of 5 Germans, 100 native troops, and several unorganized bands of natives, near Binei, with the loss of one man.
It was fortunate, the author says, that the greater part of the force in German East Africa was directed against neighboring British colonies, rather than the Belgian Congo. The Belgian force was very small at first, and had an extremely difficult time merely defending. By November, however, it reached 2,000 effectives, which was enough to defend the border successfully. Minor actions occurred at Chahafi (1 January. 1915), at Iko Island, Lake Kivu (4-5 January), and at Luvungi (12 January), in all of which the German-led forces were defeated.
The hard fighting and rapid marches of the Belgian force apparently deceived von Lettow-Vorbeck, the German commander, whose estimate of the Belgian strength Wall high.
Source: Periodical Articles-Catalog. Review of Military Literature. March 1935.
More details on this? Cheers. Raúl M
.