Mimi and Toutou Go Forth

Mimi and Toutou Go Forth The Bizarre Battle of Lake Tanganyika

Giles Foden2005
At the start of the First World War, German warships controlled Lake Tanganyika in Central Africa. In June 1915, a force of 28 men was despatched from Britain on a vast journey to take control of the lake. Giles Foden retells this story.
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