The Second World War in East Africa, 1940-1941 edited by Evert Kleynhans and Ian van der Waag

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kleynhans, Evert, editor.

Waag, Ian van der, editor.

Series:

History of warfare ; 150

History of Warfare 150

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 pages) illustrations

Place of Publication:

Leiden Boston Brill 2025

Language Note:

English

Summary:

As a first of its kind, this edited collection brings together a variety of chapters dealing with different topics that address, where possible, most of the participants involved in or affected by the conflict as well as different, often neglected aspects of the East Africa campaign of the Second World War. In doing so, this volume not only makes a definite contribution to the broader historiography and to our understanding of a diverse, complex Second World War, but will also serve as an impetus for further topical research on an important, yet neglected, campaign of the war

Contents:

Acknowledgements

List of Figures, Graphs and Tables

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

Evert Kleynhans and Ian van der Waag

1 Of Abandonment and Liberation: British Attitudes towards Emperor Haile Selassie, 1936-1941

Quentin Holbert

2 Cunningham's Team on Operation Canvas: Superiors, Subordinates and Peers

Dennis Vincent

3 The Gold Coast Brigade's Crossing of the Juba River, Italian Somaliland, February 1941

Timothy Stapleton

4 "Through Bush, across Desert and over Mountains": the Combat Operations of the 1st South African Infantry Brigade in East Africa, 1941

Evert Kleynhans

5 "The patriots proved most successful" or "They had been useless whenever fighting had to be done"

Jacob Stoil

6 Defeat at Gallabat: Brigadier Bill Slim's Formative Learning Experience

Andrew Stewart

7 "The precious liquid": Water Supply Operations in East Africa during the Second World War, 1939-1941

Fankie Lucas Monama

8 "Almost entirely a medical war": The South African Medical Corps in East Africa, 1940-1941

Ian van der Waag

9 Losing an Empire: Fascist Italy's Defeat in the Horn of Africa 1940-1941 and Its Memory

Bastian Matteo Scianna

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description based on print version record

Other Format:

Print version The Second World War in East Africa, 1940-1941

ISBN:

9789004715332

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004715332 DOI

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