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The battle of Ferozeshah, fought during 1st Anglo-Sikh War in 1845, was battle of egos, madness and traitors.

A farcical power struggle between the two most senior British officers, bayonet charges against cannon, British cavalry and artillery ordered off the field midway through the battle, and Sikh commanders snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

It’s almost comical, if it were not for the 5,000 men killed and wounded.

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The battle of Cape St. Vincent turned Horatio Nelson into a national hero.

The battle where Royal Navy defeated the Spanish Navy was fought on the 14th February 1797. It was not so much a St. Valentine’s Day massacre, but it did make Nelson the darling of the British public.

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My recent video about “The African Queen”. has resulted in loads of requests to find out more about the Great War in German East Africa.

So, by popular demand, I thought I’d explore this fascinating and, largely, forgotten conflict in a little more detail.

The war in East Africa saw Paul von Lettow Vorbeck commanding a small army of German colonial troops hold out against an allied army nearly 10x his size for the entire 4-yea war (1914-1918).

Undefeated, he surrendered two weeks after the Armistice in Europe.

This is the story of that war, against a man nicknamed the “Lion of Africa.”

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