The First Victory: The Second World War and the East Africa Campaign

"Exciting . . . a comprehensive account of an overlooked campaign in which an outnumbered imperial army destroyed Mussolini's dream of a new Roman Empire." -Ashley Jackson, author of Churchill

Surprisingly neglected in accounts of Allied wartime triumphs, this is the story of the British and Commonwealth forces who, against all odds, completed a stunning and important victory in East Africa against an overwhelmingly superior Italian opponent in 1941. A hastily formed British-led force, ne...