Bare Feet and Bandoliers : Wingate, Sandford, the Patriots and the part they played in the Liberation of Ethiopia

Shirreff, David

ISBN 10: 1850439222 / ISBN 13: 9781850439226

Edité par The Radcliffe Press, London and New York, 1995

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First edition hardback illustrated with photographs maps and sketches xxxii + 337 pages Fine condition in fine unclipped dust jacket No inscriptions.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Bare Feet and Bandoliers : Wingate, Sandford, the Patriots and the part they played in the Liberation of Ethiopia
• Éditeur: The Radcliffe Press, London and New York
• Date de parution: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1850439222
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781850439226
• Reliure: Hardback
• Édition: 1st Edition
• Impression: 1st Printing
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Fine
• Poids: 600 grammes

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Synopsis

This is the story of two "firsts". It is the story of the first successful attempt by Allied forces during World War II, to support and sustain a local resistance movement, with regular forces in enemy-held territory. It also describes how Ethiopia became the first nation conquered by the Axis to be freed. The campaign in Ethiopia might appear small in relation to the war in the whole of East Africa, but it had great military importance. In 1941 the British Commonwealth, the Indian and the Sudanese forces, with the Patriots - local chiefs and their followers who resisted the Italian occupation - advanced into Italian East Africa and defeated the Italian armies. David Shirreff, who also served in the campaign, gives an account of how Colonel Orde Wingate, with his Gideon force, compelled the surrender of a large part of the Italian forces. Shirreff also explores the role of Brigadier Daniel Sandford, now an almost forgotten commander, in organizing his Mission 101, and the sustained rebellion of the Patriots.