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War of a Hundred Days -James Ambrose

War of a Hundred is about the Springboks (South African Army) in Somalia and Abyssinia 1940-41 against the Italian Army. This book is part of the South Africans at War Series and a collectable to complete the series.

Author: James Ambrose Brown
Publisher: Ashanti Publishers
Total pages: 301
Condition: As new (Old stock)

Original price was: R160.00.Current price is: R99.00.

5 in stock

Description

Contents:

Prologue

  • Ethiopia: Kingdoms in Turmoil
  • Italy and the Adowa Complex
  • Fascism: Admired and Feared
  • Isolation and Smuts Warning
  • Repercussions of the Italian Conquest
  • South Africa: Decision to Fight
  • Probing Abyssinia’s Frontiers
  • Italy’s Empire: The Noose Tightens
  • Fall of the Frontier Outposts
  • Cunningham’s Key to Victory at Juba
  • Fortunes Rise and Fall
  • Keren: The Breaking of Aosta
  • The Dash for the Mountains
  • Blitzkrieg to Addis Ababa
  • Aosta’s Retreat to Amba Alagi
  • Combilcia Pass: TheSic-Day Battle
  • The Foetress Symbol at Toselli Pass
  • Aosta’s Audacity at Amba Alagi
  • The Cost of EmpireArial Propaganda: The Insidious Weapon

Epilogue