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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... Dutch East Indies , the Philippines and Malaya , and Italy cast covetous eyes on Britain's prime position in the Mediterranean and Middle East . To Germany's ambitions in eastern and western Europe must be added plans for a return to ...
... Dutch East Indies and French Indo - China until the former colonial powers could muster the strength to return . The war effort of India and the Dominions dominate accounts of the Second World War that give space to the imperial ...
... East Command ( MEC ) , with headquarters in Delhi and Cairo . There were ... Indies as Commander - in - Chief American - British - Dutch - Australian ... Dutch East Indies , in Burma [ and ] in Arakan.33 The most visible contribution of ...
... East Asia and the Dutch East Indies . Britain's air forces were organized for home defence , on the one hand , and imperial defence and policing , on the other . In September 1939 the RAF's front- line strength stood at 1476 aircraft ...
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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 |