The British Empire and the Second World War
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The British Empire and the Second World War

  1. 624 pages
  2. English
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  4. Available on iOS & Android
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The British Empire and the Second World War

About this book

In 1939 Hitler went to war not just with Great Britain; he also went to war with the whole of the British Empire, the greatest empire that there had ever been. In the years since 1945 that empire has disappeared, and the crucial fact that the British Empire fought together as a whole during the war has been forgotten. All the parts of the empire joined the struggle and were involved in it from the beginning, undergoing huge changes and sometimes suffering great losses as a result. The war in the desert, the defence of Malta and the Malayan campaign, and the contribution of the empire as a whole in terms of supplies, communications and troops, all reflect the strategic importance of Britain's imperial status. Men and women not only from Australia, New Zealand and India but from many parts of Africa and the Middle East all played their part. Winston Churchill saw the war throughout in imperial terms. The British Empire and the Second World War emphasises a central fact about the Second World War that is often forgotten.

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Information

Year
2006
Print ISBN
9781852854171
eBook ISBN
9780826440495
Edition
1
Topic
History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Illustrations
  3. Preface
  4. Note
  5. Abbreviations
  6. 1 Prologue
  7. 2 The Approach of War
  8. 3 Imperial War
  9. 4 The Home Front
  10. 5 The Atlantic
  11. 6 The Caribbean
  12. 7 The Mediterranean
  13. 8 Iraq, Iran and Syria
  14. 9 Sub-Saharan Africa
  15. 10 The Indian Ocean
  16. 11 The Islands of the Indian Ocean
  17. 12 India and Burma
  18. 13 South-East Asia and the Far East
  19. 14 Australia and New Zealand
  20. 15 The Pacific
  21. 16 Epilogue
  22. Notes
  23. Bibliography
  24. Index