02653nam 2200541 450 991045413470332120210209155756.00-8264-3760-5(CKB)1000000000754703(EBL)436595(OCoLC)458300342(SSID)ssj0000114984(PQKBManifestationID)11145988(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000114984(PQKBWorkID)10126408(PQKB)10052469(MiAaPQ)EBC5309769(MiAaPQ)EBC436595(Au-PeEL)EBL436595(CaONFJC)MIL851285(EXLCZ)99100000000075470320180315h20062006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe British Empire and the Second World War /Ashley JacksonLondon, England ;New York, New York :Hambledon Continuum,2006.©20061 online resource (639 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-85285-417-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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; IndexIn 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 wholCommonwealth countriesArmed ForcesHistoryWorld War, 1939-1945Commonwealth countriesHistory20th centuryElectronic books.940.541241Jackson Ashley291528MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910454134703321The British Empire and the Second World War2490797UNINA