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Title: The Naval Africa Expedition of World War I

Subtitle: The History and Legacy of the Battle for Lake Tanganyika in the African Interior

Author: Charles River Editors

Narrator: Kenneth Ray

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 39 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-05-17

Publisher: Charles River Editors

Genres: History, Military

Publisher's Summary:

"It is both the duty and the tradition of the Royal Navy to engage the enemy wherever there is water to float a ship." - Admiral Sir Henry Jackson

World War I, also known in its time as the "Great War" or the "War to End all Wars", was an unprecedented holocaust in terms of its sheer scale. Fought by men who hailed from all corners of the globe, it saw millions of soldiers do battle in brutal assaults of attrition, which dragged on for months with little to no respite. Tens of millions of artillery shells and untold hundreds of millions of rifle and machine gun bullets were fired in a conflict that demonstrated man's capacity to kill each other on a heretofore unprecedented scale, and as always, such a war brought about technological innovation at a rate that made the boom of the Industrial Revolution seem stagnant. World War I was the first truly industrial war, and it created a paradigm which reached its zenith with World War II, and towards which virtually all equipment, innovation, and training were dedicated throughout the Cold War and the remainder of the 20th century. To this day, modern warfare remains synonymous with tanks and mass infantry battles, although a confrontation of this nature has not occurred (except briefly during Operation Desert Storm) since World War II.

The enduring image of World War I is of men stuck in muddy trenches, and of vast armies deadlocked in a fight neither could win. It was a war of barbed wire, poison gas, and horrific losses as officers led their troops on mass charges across No Man's Land and into a hail of bullets. While these impressions are all too true, they hide the fact that trench warfare was dynamic and constantly evolving throughout the war as all armies struggled to find a way to break through the opposing lines.

Members Reviews:

More than you may want to know about Lieutenant Commander Geffrey Spencer Simpson of the Royal British Navy

Itâs taken me a while to get around to submitting a review of The Naval Africa Expedition of World War I: The History and Legacy of the Battle for Lake Tanganyika in the African Interior. My problem is my dislike of the Lieutenant Commander Geffrey Spencer Simpson of the Royal British Navy. I have a lot of bad things to say about them, but then this review will not get posted. I suggest you read about that officer and his behavior throughout the campaign and after that, when he did not deserve credit or as much credit as he felt. The first third of the book describes the Berlin conference of 1884-1885 that established rules for the colonization of land in Africa. Next, the book describes the events that led to the outbreak of World War I. The last two-thirds of the book describes the trials and tribulations of taking to Royal Navy gunboats by rail, by river and overland to Lake Tanganyika. I would recommend reading the other Charles River Editors about the overall East African campaign ---The East African Campaign of World War I: The History and Legacy of the Allied Victory over Germany in East Africa.

I'm left with a bad taste in my mouth

I want to thank the Charles Rivers Editors for the free access! Often when I read a story about Imperialist ventures in Africa, I'm left with a bad taste in my mouth.