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Jackson Ashley |
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The British Empire and the Second World War / / Ashley Jackson |
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London, England ; ; New York, New York : , : Hambledon Continuum, , 2006 |
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©2006 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (639 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Commonwealth countries Armed Forces History World War, 1939-1945 |
Commonwealth countries History 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Note; Abbreviations; 1 Prologue; 2 The Approach of War; 3 Imperial War; 4 The Home Front; 5 The Atlantic; 6 The Caribbean; 7 The Mediterranean; 8 Iraq, Iran and Syria; 9 Sub-Saharan Africa; 10 The Indian Ocean; 11 The Islands of the Indian Ocean; 12 India and Burma; 13 South-East Asia and the Far East; 14 Australia and New Zealand; 15 The Pacific; 16 Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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In 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 whol |
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