World War 1 is invariably portrayed as the trench warfare of the Western front, however that was only part of the story. In order to stretch British Empire forces various intrigues were being played out across the globe and this book details one of them.

The demands for manpower meant that any diversion of troops to a secondary theatre could have catastrophic effects on the primary theatre, The Western Front.

With this in mind the Germans sent a mission to Afghanistan to foment an attack on India.

The author covers in great detail the German mission and the physical endurance the mission required just to reach Afghanistan via Allied controlled territories. The mission's exit from Afghanistan to Germany was similarly difficult and reads like a John Buchan novel. The book also covers further missions to Afghanistan in World War 2.

I did find the writing style somewhat dry and repetitive at times, but this is a valuable contribution to a little known arena of World War 2 where written accounts are either out of print or in very short supply.



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