The British Empire and the Second World WarIn 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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Ashley Jackson. This page intentionally left blank Illustrations Between Pages 174 and 175 1 Winston Churchill on.
Ashley Jackson. Illustrations Between Pages 174 and 175 1 Winston Churchill on board HMS Prince of Wales , August 1941 2 Canadian soldiers training on Hong Kong Island , December 1941 3 HMCS Uganda , 1944 4 Flight Sergeant James Hyde ...
... so bear ourselves that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years men will still say , ' This was their finest hour ' . Winston Churchill , 18 August 1940 1 Prologue The image of Britain standing alone after the.
... Churchill , not surprisingly , had more imperial experience than any of his colleagues . The young Churchill saw action on the North - West Frontier in India , and in 1898 rode in the British Army's last cavalry charge at Omdurman in ...
... Churchill's speeches and radio broadcasts . Schools also helped embed the Empire as a fixture in the world view of the British people and their cousins in the Dominions . To give one example out of millions , Al Deere grew up in New ...
Contents
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4 The Home Front | 41 |
5 The Atlantic | 53 |
6 The Caribbean | 77 |
7 The Mediterranean | 97 |
8 Iraq Iran and Syria | 145 |
11 The Islands of the Indian Ocean | 307 |
12 India and Burma | 351 |
13 SouthEast Asia and the Far East | 405 |
14 Australia and New Zealand | 463 |
15 The Pacific | 513 |
16 Epilogue | 525 |
Notes | 535 |
Bibliography | 561 |