The British Commonwealth and Victory in the Second World War
This book is the first comprehensive study of the British Commonwealth in the Second World War. Britain and its Dominions, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, formed the most durable, cooperative and interchangeable alliance of the war. Iain
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Studies in Military and Strategic History Series
Studies in Military and Strategic History Series Editor William Philpott Professor of the History of Warfare Department of War Studies, King’s College London, UK
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Iain E. Johnston-White
The British Commonwealth and Victory in the Second World War
Iain E. Johnston-White Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, UK
Studies in Military and Strategic History ISBN 978-1-137-58916-3 ISBN 978-1-137-58917-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-58917-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016959443 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 The author(s) has/have asserted their right(s) to be identified as the author(s) of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Cover illustration: © War Archive / Alamy Stock Photo Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Macmillan Publishers Ltd. The registered company address is: The Campus, 4 Crinan Street, London, N1 9XW, United Kingdom
Foreword
The general historiography of the Second World War allots the British white dominions minor walk-on parts, overshadowed as they are by the principal players—Britain, the USA, the USSR, Germany, Italy and Japan. Similarly, the histories of the British decolonisation pay scant attention to the ‘de-dominionisation’ which preceded it in the ‘white’ Commonwealth, the British Empire’s hard core. While recent ‘British World’ historiography has reclaimed some of the ground in imperial history, until now, with this superb book by Iain Johnston-White, we have not had a thorough, measured study of the role of the Dominions in the Second World War. Taking up the hard questions about the ‘sinews of war’—finance, s
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