Modern African Wars (1)

Peter Abbott is a retired university lecturer. He has written or co-authored a number of Men-at-Arms titles for Osprey Publishing, including Men-at-Arms 131 Germany’s Eastern Front Allies 1941-45 and MAA 202 Modern African Wars 2: Angola and Mozambique. He is particularly interested in 19th and 20th century armies that are less well known to the English speaking reader.Philip Botham is a military history author who served with the Rhodesian security forces.Mike Chappell comes from an Aldershot family with British Army connections stretching back several generations. He retired in 1974, as RSM of the 1st Battalion The Wessex Regiment (Rifle Volunteers), after seeing service in Malaya, Cyprus, Swaziland, Libya, Germany, Ulster and home garrisons. He began painting military subjects in 1968 and since then has gained worldwide popularity as a military illustrator.

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