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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... attack . Few parts of the * In addition , some of the ' lesser allies ' who fought so bravely alongside British forces ( and established their governments - in - exile in London ) also aided Britain in imperial theatres . The Dutch ...
... attack damaging or sinking capital ships in Malta or Alexandria . If RAF reinforcements were sent in anticipation of any such move , it would be at the cost of weakening Britain's defences against possible Luftwaffe attack and making ...
... attack and be attacked across the world's oceans . Britain isolated enemies using seapower , and its enemies attempted to strip Britain of its naval power as a prelude to invasion , or to starve it by sinking its merchant vessels . The ...
... attack on British South - East Asia . Similarly , the temporary eradication of American naval power in the Pacific after Pearl Harbor was a bolt from the blue , and Russia's official neutrality - towards both Germany and Japan - further ...
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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 |