The First World War in East Africa went from August 1914 until 13 November 1918. Four empires and their subject peoples were engaged in a conflict that ranged from modern Kenya in the north to Mozambique in the south. Few inhabitants, European or African, escaped its effects or ravages, while the colonial empires were irrevocably changed by the conflict. The book details both the fighting and the strategic and political background to the war and the differing viewpoints of the principal protagonists.

The strategic background -- Operations of 1914 -- Operations of 1915 -- The Allied advance begins -- The advance to the Rufiji -- Reorganisation : January-May 1917 -- The clearance of German East Africa -- The fight for Portuguese East Africa.