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Tip and Run
- The Untold Tragedy of the First World War in Africa
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 19 hrs and 46 mins
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Summary
Controversial and groundbreaking account of the infamous East African campaign during the First World War.
The Great War's East Africa campaign was, and remains, of huge importance.
A 'small war', consisting of a few 'local affairs', was all that was expected in August 1914 as Britain moved to eliminate the threat to the high seas of German naval bases in Africa. But two weeks after the Armistice was signed in Europe, British and German troops were still fighting in Africa after four years of what one campaign historian described as 'a war of extermination and attrition without parallel in modern times'.
The expense of the campaign to the British Empire was immense, the Allied and German 'butchers bills' even greater. But the most tragic consequence of the two sides' deadly game of 'tip and run' was the devastation of an area five times the size of Germany and civilian suffering on a scale unimaginable in Europe.
Includes the real stories behind the classic Bogart film The African Queen, William Boyd's Booker shortlisted novel An Ice-Cream War, Wilbur Smith's thriller Shout at The Devil and two of the Young Indiana Jones films.
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"Superb." (Sunday Times)
"Masterful." (Daily Mail)
"Gripping." (Daily Telegraph)
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- Janine Busbridge
- 04-09-23
Great work; shame about the footnotes!
This was a fascinating account of an unfairly-neglected aspect of WW1. The book is full of detail and insight, and I learned a huge amount from it. HOWEVER, the all-too-frequent diversion/nterruption of the narrative when the narrator (for some unknown editorial decision) decides to read out a footnote in full - and there are many of them - is infuriating. I found myself losing all sense of the *big picture" and got so fed up with it after a few chapters that I took to skipping forward by 30sec to a minute each time I heard the narrator pause and say "Footnote". For me, this spoiled an otherwise excellent book.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-11-22
Even more reason to say " Lest We Forget".
Excellent historical book on this military campaign little understood or known about. Well read with minor mispronounced names. A well balanced account of this important campaign.
in conclusion, Von Lettow Vorbeck achieved his aim of tieing up massive allied men and materials for over 4 years..
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- the60sthrowback
- 22-09-22
The forgotten front
a detailed account of ww1 in east africa well researched and written with a mass of facts and footnotes. really needs 2 listens to fully digest.
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