Tanganyikan Guerrilla: East African Campaign 1914-1918

The Battle of Tanga 1914
On 2 November 1914, obscured by the greater events in Europe, a British convoy of a light cruiser and twelve merchantmen was lying off the German East...

Russian campaign of 1914: the beginning of the war and operations in East Prussia
This book covers the Russian mobilization and operations in East Prussia beginning in August, 1914 in the Battle of Gumbinnen and the defeat to the Ge...

Forest Entomology in East Africa: Forest Insects of Tanzania
East African forests, among the world’s most biologically rich and diverse, are subject to multiple pressures, including insects. As the first work to...

SELOUS SCOUTS: Rhodesian Counter-Insurgency Specialists (Africa War)
Its members consisted of some of the finest guerrilla-fighting men in the western world, unconventional in many ways, disregardful of parade-ground di...

St Mihiel 1918: The American Expeditionary Forces' trial by fire (Osprey Campaign 238)
The St Mihiel salient had been formed in 1914 as the Germans drove towards Paris. The French had attempted to recapture it in 1915 without success and...