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I was just given a copy of "The Great War In Africa", by Byron Farwell. Have not started it yet. But Ive read some in the past to know that Von Lettow-Vorbeck was one of the military geniuses of the 20th Century.
Another good book is "The Adventures of Mimi and Tou Tou! The story about the two patrol boats the Brits hauled from the Thames estuary to Lake Tanganika. Awesome read. Was the basis for the story "The African Queen". The RN officer in charg Spicer-Simpson was quite the eccentric.
There was another RN officer who drank Wochestershire sauce as an aperitif! By the case!
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There was another RN officer who drank Wochestershire sauce as an aperitif! By the case! Now, that was a tough hombre.
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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Some of the wikipedia stuff can be good.
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Another WWI Must Read. I had to jump thru all sorts of hoops to get my hands on an original copy when I was in Grad School: Von Lettow-Vorbeck: My Reminiscences of East Africa
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Very interesting sidenote;
When the book was written the Graf Von Gotzen was still in service on Lake Tanganika. This was 2004. Dunno if she is still running now. Coal burners removed and Diesel engines installed at some point. This was the ship that was the inspiration for the Luisa in the African Queen.
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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This is an awesome story!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZ_104_(L_59)
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
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Have their round haunches gored."
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This is an awesome story!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZ_104_(L_59) WOW! Just think of the potential had this mission succeeded and set the precedent for air resupply to Lettow-Vorbeck.
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Very interesting sidenote;
When the book was written the Graf Von Gotzen was still in service on Lake Tanganika. This was 2004. Dunno if she is still running now. Coal burners removed and Diesel engines installed at some point. This was the ship that was the inspiration for the Luisa in the African Queen.
I wish that old boat could talk. Just imagine the stories.
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Oh for "La Belle Époque"!!!!
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And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
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There was another RN officer who drank Wochestershire sauce as an aperitif! By the case! Now, that was a tough hombre. Nah, He was just trying to mask the taste of English cuisine. Love the Brits, BUT their cooking.....
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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Oh for "La Belle Époque"!!!! Ditto 
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I concur Jorge!!! LOL! And on yet another note! I always thought the Gibson Girl the classiest of dames!!! ![[Linked Image]](http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r174/lt13demi/Mobile%20Uploads/image_81.jpg)
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
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There was another RN officer who drank Wochestershire sauce as an aperitif! By the case! Now, that was a tough hombre. Nah, He was just trying to mask the taste of English cuisine. Love the Brits, BUT their cooking..... English cooking does leave a lot on the table so to speak.
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I concur Jorge!!! LOL! And on yet another note! I always thought the Gibson Girl the classiest of dames!!! That she was.
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To me I always thought this was Candace Bergan's best role! I was infatuated with her here!! ![[Linked Image]](http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r174/lt13demi/Mobile%20Uploads/image_82.jpg)
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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I concur Jorge!!! LOL! And on yet another note! I always thought the Gibson Girl the classiest of dames!!! Almost as pretty as the greatest English beauty of all time, Diana Mitford.
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison?
And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools,
Being native burghers of this desert city,
Should in their own confines with forked heads
Have their round haunches gored."
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Paul Von Lettow Vorbeck. The absolute MASTER of irregular warfare!! He earned the loyalty and respect of both his German and AFRICAN Troopers to a hitherto unknown degree!! AND he kicked the living dog piss out of the Brits,south Africans and Portuguese he fought against. The ONLY undefeated outfit in WWI!!!
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