The Balkans in World War Two
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The Balkans in World War Two

Britain's Balkan Dilemma

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eBook - PDF

The Balkans in World War Two

Britain's Balkan Dilemma

About this book

Between 1939 and 1941 Britain had a terrible dilemma. She was keen to see Turkey, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Yugoslavia join the Allies against Nazi Germany. But the 1939 Molotov Ribbentrop Pact had changed everything: the Balkan countries were far more afraid of Stalin than of Hitler. Britain and France were also concerned about the Soviets giving so much oil to Germany: in 1940 Britain almost went to war with the USSR in an attack on the Caucasus. This book looks at how Britain tried to solve these dilemmas and ultimately failed to do so.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface and Acknowledgements
  4. Introduction
  5. 1 The Spring and Summer of 1939: Britain’s Balkan Dilemma Begins
  6. 2 Autumn 1939
  7. 3 Finland, the Plan to Bomb the Caucasus Oil Fields, and Italy’s Entry into the War
  8. 4 The Cripps Mission and Turco–Soviet Relations, June–November 1940
  9. 5 From the Italian Invasion of Greece to the German Invasion of the Soviet Union
  10. 6 Conclusion
  11. Notes
  12. Bibliography
  13. Index