The East African campaign WW2 (book)
The e-book of „East Africa 1940-1941 (land campaign). The Italian Army Defends The Empire In The Horn Of Africa” is now available on all Amazon marketplaces!
Price for e-book: €8,35 ; $10.49; £7.50 etc. The book is also available on Kindle unlimited. Paperback version will be available in several days (of course I will inform you about it).
Table of contents:
Introduction
I. Italian East Africa
II. Empire Under Siege
1. The general importance of Africa Orientale Italiana and its military situation
2. New governor, new methods
3. The shocking scale of unpreparedness for war
4. The Italians’ goals and strategic plans
5. General situation of His Majesty’s colonies
6. The path to war
III. Unrest Inside Italian East Africa
1. A restless Empire
2. End of rases, the rise of new leaders
3. Organization of the Ethiopian resistance movement
4. Italian methods of fighting the uprising
5. 1939 – 1940, calming down the situation
IV. Italian Troops in East Africa
1. General situation of the Italian armed forces in the Empire
2. Weapons and equipment of the Italian army
3. The Regia Aeronautica in AOI
4. Characteristics of units composed of troops of Italian nationality
5. The Police of Italian Africa and other police and auxiliary units
6. Italian colonial troops
V. Battle of Kassala and Other Italian Operations On the Border with Sudan
1. The war begins in the Horn of Africa
2. Forces of the British Empire in Sudan
3. The battle of Kassala
4. Other actions on the Sudan border
VI. Italian Activity On The Kenya Border, Capture Of Fort Moyale
1. The importance of Kenya in the war in East Africa
2. Forces of the British Empire in Kenya
3. The Union of South Africa goes to war
4. Italian forces involved in operations on the border with Kenya
5. Fighting for Fort Moyale
6. The situation in the Juba (Giuba) sector
VII. The Fall Of British Somaliland
1. Plan „G.I.”
2. British Somaliland
3. A troublesome general
4. British Somaliland defence plans
5. The forces and plans of the Italians
6. The beginning of the invasion
7. Battle of the Tug Argan Gap
8. Evacuation of British Somaliland
VIII. Battle of Gallabat – The First Allied Counteroffensive
1. The British Empire gathers its forces
2. November action at Kassala
3. General rehearsal at Gallabat
IX. End of the Year in the Kenyan Sector
X. Mission 101 Moves To Gojjam
1. Beginning of Foreign Involvement in the Internal Affairs of the AOI
2. The Emperor is back in the game
3. Mission 101 is on its way
4. The Negus on Mount Belaya
XI. Battle of Agordat
1. Situation on the Sudan-Eritrean Border before the British offensive
2. The Italians evacuate the Kassala area
3. Guillet’s legendary charge
4. Evacuation of garrisons in secondary directions
5. Battle of Agordat
6. Battle of Barentu
XII. Battle Of Keren
1. The mountain ring around Keren
2. The first attempt to break through the defences of Keren
3. Indians in the suburbs of Keren
4. The second phase of the battle (14 February – 14 March)
5. The northern front
6. Dologorodoc lost
7. Outcome of the Battle of Keren
XIII. End Of The Campaign In The North
1. Battle of Ad Teclesan
2. The fall of Massaua
3. Elimination of the remaining Italian garrisons on the Red Sea
XIV. The British Invasion On Italian Somali
1. Italian Somali
2. Italian troops in Somali
3. Preparations for the offensive
4. The fall of Kismayo
5. Crossing the Juba River
6. Italians surrender Mogadishu
XV. The Fall Of Addis Ababa
1. Union Jack flies over Berbera again
2. Advance to Harar
3. Fighting on the Awash River and the fall of Addis Ababa
XVI. The Allies Enter Ethiopia
1. Fighting for Fort Mega
2. The difficult campaign of the Force Publique
XVII. Emperor Selassie Returns To Addis Ababa
1. A stalemate at Debra Markos
2. The epic march of the Maraventano column
XVIII. Battle Of Amba Alagi
1. The fall of the Dessie redoubt
2. Prince Aosta’s last stand
XIX. Campaign In The Province Of Galla And Sidama
1. The Scacchiere Sud in the Spring of 1941
2. The destruction of the forces on the left bank of the Omo Rivers sector
3. Fighting in the central sector
4. End of resistance in the Galla and Sidama Province
XX. The Last Stand: Gondar
1. Scacchiere Ovest on the eve of the campaign
2. Attacks on the Chilga position
3. The fall of the Debra Tabor redoubt
4. Battles for the Wolchefit Pass
5. Battle of Kulkaber
6. The fall of Gondar
XXI. New Orders In The Horn Of Africa
1. The Italian resistance
2. Evacuation of Italians from Africa Orientale Italiana
3. East Africa after the end of World War Two
Conclusion
Appendix 1
Italian Ranks and Appointments Used Throughout The Book And Their British Equivalents
Appendix 2
Traditional Ethiopian Appointments
Appendix 3
Biographies Of The High-Ranking Italian Commanders In East Africa
Appendix 4
From “The First Cruiser Tanks” by Peter Brown
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