No insignificant part : the Rhodesia Native Regiment and the East Africa Campaign of the First World War /

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No Insignificant Part: The Rhodesia Native Regiment and the East Africa Campaign of the First World War is the first history of the only primarily African military unit from Zimbabwe to fight in the First World War. Recruited from the migrant labour network, most African soldiers in the RNR were ori...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stapleton, Timothy J. (Timothy Joseph), 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, ©2006.
Colección:CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection.
Temas:
Great Britain. > Army. > Rhodesia Native Regiment.
Grande-Bretagne. > Army. > Rhodesia Native Regiment.
1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918 > Regimental histories > Zimbabwe.
World War, 1914-1918 > Participation, African.
World War, 1914-1918 > Black people > Africa, Southern.
World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > Africa, East.
World War, 1914-1918 > Zimbabwe.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Histoire des unités > Zimbabwe.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Participation africain.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Personnes noires > Afrique australe.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Campagnes et batailles > Afrique orientale anglophone.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Zimbabwe.
HISTORY > Military > World War I.
Black people
Military campaigns
Military participation > African
Regimental histories
Zimbabwe > History, Military.
Zimbabwe > Histoire militaire.
Africa, East
Southern Africa
Zimbabwe
Electronic books.
Military history
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; List of Terms; Introduction; 1. Setting the Stage: Colonialism and Zimbabwe: The First World War and Africa; 2. Africans in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and the First World War; 3. Soldiers in the Rhodesia Native Regiment: Their Profile and Daily Life; 4. The Road to Songea; 5. The Sieges of Malangali and Songea; 6. The Siege of Kitanda; 7. Disaster at St. Moritz; 8. Mpepo: The Place of Winds; 9. Portuguese East Africa; 10. Demobilization and Life after the War; Conclusion; Appendix: Short Biographies of Some African RNR Soldiers.

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