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. Preface The British Empire defined Britain's war between 1939 and 1945. It was a war fought in imperial theatres by imperial forces , all of which were dependent upon sea power and Britain's capacity to move food , goods ...
Ashley Jackson. Note on the British Empire and Commonwealth Place names are rendered as they were known to the British at the time of the Second World War . Thus ' Bechuanaland ' not ' Botswana ' , ' Bombay ' not ' Mumbai ' . The terms ...
... British and the Egyptian governments . In practice , it was a British colony , but not one ruled by the Colonial Office . It was administered by ... EMPIRE AND COMMONWEALTH XIII The Commander XII THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
... British colony since the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars , and the Mediterranean had been a major bastion of British imperial power since the eighteenth century . A ... British Pacific Fleet 2 THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
... British Empire , in war as in peace . In war , the sea lanes of the world were also vital for the movement of martial resources to and from Britain , North America and the Empire's many overseas battle fronts . The Empire defined Britain's ...
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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 |