LEADER 02619nam 2200529 450 001 9910810604703321 005 20230828211141.0 010 $a0-8264-3760-5 035 $a(CKB)1000000000754703 035 $a(EBL)436595 035 $a(OCoLC)458300342 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000114984 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11145988 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000114984 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10126408 035 $a(PQKB)10052469 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5309769 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC436595 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL436595 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL851285 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000754703 100 $a20180315h20062006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe British Empire and the Second World War /$fAshley Jackson 210 1$aLondon, England ;$aNew York, New York :$cHambledon Continuum,$d2006. 210 4$dİ2006 215 $a1 online resource (639 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-85285-417-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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 330 $aIn 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 607 $aCommonwealth countries$xArmed Forces$xHistory$yWorld War, 1939-1945 607 $aCommonwealth countries$xHistory$y20th century 676 $a940.541241 700 $aJackson$b Ashley$0291528 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810604703321 996 $aThe British Empire and the Second World War$94107282 997 $aUNINA