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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Book in excellent unread/unused condition. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> The Italian invasion of Ethiopia succeeded in expelling Emperor Haile Selassie into exile in 1936. It was essential for British prestige in the region that the Emperor was re-instated. Thus the campaign so vividly described in this fascinating book was of great political and military importance albeit relatively small in scale. So it was in 1941 that British Commonwealth and Sudanese forces together with loyal Ethiopians (known as the Patriots) advanced into what was at that time known as Italian East Africa and convincingly crushed the Italian invaders. David Shirreff who served in the campaign himself describes in graphic and evocative details how Colonel Orde Wingate and his Gideon force forced the surrender of a much larger enemy force. Wingate’s bold and imaginative command so captured Churchill’s admiration that his later proposal for deep penetration ‘Chindit’ patrols against the Japanese in Burma was accepted. Bare Feet and Bandoliers is unlikely to be bettered as an account of this victorious campaign. We also learn of the achievements of Brigadier Daniel Sandford’s Mission 101 and the sustained rebellion of the Patriots. (SP)