tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post5262326483368851572..comments2024-03-28T02:42:51.950-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: South Africa's Victory in Southwest Africasnielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-82411670466377516472015-05-04T10:24:27.148-07:002015-05-04T10:24:27.148-07:00One does not hear much about this campaign; most h...One does not hear much about this campaign; most histories on German East Africa. The Pacific campaigns of the Allies totally glossed over.bill o'neillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01987598176551650867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-13879106076244091382015-05-04T09:58:41.351-07:002015-05-04T09:58:41.351-07:00German Samoa was captured on August 29th,1914 by t...German Samoa was captured on August 29th,1914 by the 1/5th Wellington Rifles of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. This was not a campaign, however.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02392374641232161890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-28580643521402322682015-05-04T09:52:54.120-07:002015-05-04T09:52:54.120-07:00Due to South African law, the existing army couldn...Due to South African law, the existing army couldn’t serve outside of South Africa, except in defense of its borders, as was the case in German Southwest Africa, where Germans even crossed into South African territory. <br />South African forces did serve elsewhere, even on the Western Front.To get around the legal prohibition a voluntary scheme was devised, following the example of the British ‘Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02392374641232161890noreply@blogger.com