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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... battleships in order to send a strong message to the Japanese , it might tempt Mussolini . But of course , by not moving any , the Far East was bereft of capital ships and Japan was similarly tempted . It was most infuriating : the ...
... battleships , but they were crucial in defending convoys , a role in which battleships were powerless , given their lack of anti - submarine warfare capabilities . Ancient destroyers , such as the fifty given by America to Britain in ...
... battleships as the major units defining naval power and had done little to develop the use of aircraft carriers and ... battleship remained unbroken and British carrier aircraft were antiquated and few in number . - Pax Britannica had ...
... battleships repairing at Alexandria , submarines laying mines off the coast of Malaya , corvettes riding like corks atop mountainous swells on Atlantic convoy duty or ancient monitors skulking in Malta's Grand Harbour - bore names that ...
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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 |