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Book Title: My Reminiscences of East Africa : The German East Africa Campaign in World War One - a General's Memoir
Number of Pages: 210 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Pantianos Classics
Item Height: 0.5 in
Publication Year: 2018
Topic: Military / World War I, Military
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 11.1 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Paul Emil Von Lettow-Vorbeck
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
