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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... Station to the Mediterranean Fleet and from the China Station to the Eastern Fleet . All over the world imperial ports were used to the full by warships and merchantmen , as they travelled in convoys , and facilities were extended or ...
... Station , along with millions of tons of supplies , as the Middle East , the Persian Gulf , India , Singapore , and Australasia were kept in touch across the waters of the Indian Ocean . British - controlled trooping fleets also brought ...
... stations throughout the Empire . BBC and government broadcasts were increas- ingly important in war - time Africa . The general newsreel British News was sent to twenty - eight colonies each week and the Colonial Film Unit made ...
... Stations supporting sixty - nine squadrons , and 150 self - accounting shore bases . Based on ports in England and Scotland , the Home Fleet and Western Approaches Command ( created in February 1941 to conduct the U - boat war with ...
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Contents
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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 |