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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... taken to Port Louis in Mauritius . Within a thousand mile radius of the South African coast Axis raiders captured or ... taken in tow by the cruiser HMS Gambia and , with the SANF minesweepers Southern Barrier and Terje going on ahead ...
... taken to Kuching . Work for POWs in Borneo included the operation of the oilfields , construction of airfields , working rubber estates and constructing roads to the Tegora and Geding mercury mines . British North Borneo , Brunei and ...
... taken from his self - published 1998 book , The Fading Edge of Empire ) , C. Samuel , George Shepperson and Jack Thornhill . Some material has also been taken from Rodney Ferdinands , Proud and Prejudiced . Though general histories of ...