The Italians are Coming

[Helen]

Hi Folks

Someone mentioned yesterday about the Italians facing off my KAR.  

The start of my Italians from Force of Arms:


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[Helen]

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[Plynkes]

Unfortunately your KAR need to be in trousers, bush hats and 37-Pattern webbing to fight the Italians, don't they? Your fellows are all togged up to chase Lettow-Vorbeck all the way to Cape Town, not go messing about in the north.

But heck, I won't tell anyone! Lovely cute little tanks, by the way.  

[Helen]

Unfortunately your KAR need to be in trousers, bush hats and 37-Pattern webbing to fight the Italians, don't they? Your fellows are all togged up to chase Lettow-Vorbeck all the way to Cape Town, not go messing about in the north.

But heck, I won't tell anyone! Lovely cute little tanks, by the way.  

Thanks Poly. this is one area I don't know at all. Will need to look into it at some future date.  

[Plynkes]

Yes, the KAR in World War Two had, unsurprisingly, a much more 'World War Two' look about them!



In addition to fighting the Italians in the Horn of Africa, they fought the Vichy French in Madagascar, and the Japanese in Burma. A little-known contribution by East Africans to the war against Fascism that really deserves a little more recognition.

[Helen]

Yes, the KAR in World War Two had, unsurprisingly, a much more 'World War Two' look about them!


In addition to fighting the Italians in the Horn of Africa, they fought the Vichy French in Madagascar, and the Japanese in Burma. A little-known contribution by East Africans to the war against Fascism that really deserves a little more recognition.

Thanks Prof I'm such a blonde :oops: I've the two volume military history of the KAR I also have a nice little book on an Australian adventurer that not only was a thorn in the side too von Lettow Vorbeck (price on his head)but also lost his life in Northern Africa  in 1940 by the Italians. The book "The Eccentric Mr Wienholt" by Rosamond Siemon. You would love this book especially when he was chasing the German Camel Korps in 1915 in South West Africa. He then teamed up with another British fellow and operated behind the lines in East Africa and causing disruption etc. His fame was destroying a large resupply for Vorbeck's Army. Christopher Thornhill (AKA Buster Brown at the time of the adventure) author of "Taking Tanganykia" Experiences of an Intelligence Officer 1914-1918 confirms this in his book.

Thanks again for the picture.