[PDF.72ml] Nile River Gunboats 1882–1918 (New Vanguard)

Nile River Gunboats 1882–1918 (New Vanguard)

[PDF.cm79] Nile River Gunboats 1882–1918 (New Vanguard)

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 | #341538 in Books |  Osprey Publishing |  2016-10-18 |  2016-10-18 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.70 x4.06 x7.28l,.35 | File type: PDF | 48 pages

 | 9781472814760

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Gunboats in the attack...|By HMS Warspite|A young Winston Churchill's "The River War" helped immortalize the British military thrust up the Nile River into Sudan, there to retake the city of Khartoum from Mahdi rebels. The part played by British gunboats on the Nile campaign has been rather underpublicized. That fault is remedied in this Osprey New Vanguard Series book, "Nile| |"Illustrated with period photos and drawings and new artwork . . . [Nile River Gunboats] examines the full story of these iconic Empire builders, from the first hastily adapted "penny steamers" to the three classes of purpose-built gunboats that finally conque

For more than 30 years, the Nile river gunboat was an indispensable tool of empire, policing the great river, and acting as floating symbols of British imperial power. They participated in every significant colonial campaign in the region, from the British invasion of Egypt in 1882, to the Battle of Omdurman in 1898, when Britain finally won control of the Sudan. After that, the gunboats helped maintain British control over both Egypt and the Sudan, and played a key role...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Nile River Gunboats 1882–1918 (New Vanguard)   |  Angus Konstam. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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