From the Falkland Islands to the lakes of Africa, across the Eastern and Western Fronts, to the former German colonies in the Pacific, the World War I series provides a six-volume history of the battles and campaigns that raged on land, at sea and in the air. With the aid of over 300 black and white and colour photographs, complemented by full-colour maps, "The Balkans, Italy & Africa" provides a detailed guide to the background and conduct of the war in the Balkan, Italian and African theatres from the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo to the surrender of the Central Powers. Describes the successful resistance of Lettow-Vorbeck and his largely native troops in East Africa, the thousands of Allied troops who died of disease in Salonika, the fierce Alpine fighting on the Italian border, and the involvement of German, French, British and American troops on this little-known front.