The Adventures of Dunsterforce
by L. C. Dunsterville
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Dunsterforce', named after its intrepid commander, Maj.-Gen. L.C. Dunsterville, was the small, secret expedition, known from its clandestine nature as 'the Hush-Hush army', sent to the Caucasus at the end of 1917 in a bid to nip Russia's Bolshevik revolution in the bud, or at least to forestall any Russian attempt to move south and and export their revolution to British-ruled India. Small and ill-supplied, Dunsterforce made up for its lack of numbers with the personal dash of its commander,...Tags
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- Original publication date
- 1920
- People/Characters
- Lionel Dunsterville
- Important places
- Persia; Mesopotamia; Baku, Azerbaijan
- Important events
- World War I (1914 | 1918); Mesopotamian Campaign (1914-11-06 | 1918-11-14); Operations in Persia
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
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