Lost lions of Judah : Haile Selassie's foreign legion 1935-41
Othen, Christopher2017
Book
Total copies: 1
In October 1935 fascist Italy invaded independent Ethiopia. The Italians had planes, high explosive and mustard gas. The Ethiopians had swords and spears. Emperor Haile Selassie needed expert outside help. What he got was a crazy gang of mercenaries who could barely shoot straight and were further to the right than Mussolini. Americans posing as fake French counts, fascist Belgian mercenaries, an African-American pilot duo known as the Black Eagle and the Brown Condor (they hated each other), a Cuban veteran of three failed far-right coups, an Austrian Nazi doctor, Swedish soldiers who preferred fighting communism and an alcoholic English dropout. Haile Selassie's international state support was equally disreputable.
Main title:
Lost lions of Judah : Haile Selassie's foreign legion 1935-41 / Christopher Othen.
Author:
Othen, Christopher, author
Imprint:
Stroud : Amberley, 2017.
Collation:
288 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781445659831 (hbk)
Dewey class:
963.056
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2502842