The Abyssinian campaigns ... The official story of the conquest of Italian East Africa: Issued for the war office by the ministry of information
By: Great Britain. War Office.; Great Britain. Ministry of Information.
Material type: BookSeries: Army at war (London, England). Publisher: London His Majesty's stationery office 1942Description: ill.,22cm,143p. Includes 140 b/w photographs and 14 maps( p.5).Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Africa, East | Military campaigns | Africa, EastDDC classification: 940.5423 Gre/AbyItem type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | Asiatic Society of Mumbai GOD | 940.5423 Gre/Aby (Browse shelf) | Available | 107643 |
The book contains 140 photographs taken during the campaigns , and a reproduction in black and white of a painting by Edward Bawen,War Office artist.(For the pictures on pp.43(left), and 50-53 the editors are indebted to "Time and Life').
THe front endpaper shows the Frontier in the North (Kassala) and the title-page the Frontier in the South (The Chalbi Dessert).
A timetable relating the campaigns chronologically is included on pp.6-7
Illustrated title on two leaves.
"Issued for the War Office by the Ministry of Information."--Page [4].