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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
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
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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 originally miners or farm workers from what are now Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, and Malawi. Like others across the world, they joined the army for a variety of reason, chief among them a desire to escape low pay and horrible working conditions. The RNR participated in some of the key engagements o.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 188 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-180) and index.
ISBN:1423785592
9781423785590
0889204985
9780889204980
9781554581344
1554581346

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