The British Commonwealth and Victory in the Second World War / by Iain E. Johnston-White.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnston-White, Iain E., Author.

Series:

Studies in Military and Strategic History, 2947-2431

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--History.

Great Britain.

Military history.

History of Britain and Ireland.

Military History.

Local Subjects:

History of Britain and Ireland.

Military History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XXI, 319 p. 16 illus.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2017.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.

Summary:

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 E. Johnston-White looks in depth at how the Commonwealth war effort was financed, the training of airmen for the air war, the problems of seaborne supply and the battles fought in North Africa. Fully one third of the ‘British’ effort originated in the Dominions, a contribution that was only possible through the symbiotic relationship that Britain maintained with its former settler-colonies. This cooperation was based upon a mutual self-interest that was largely maintained throughout the war. In this book, Johnston-White offers a fundamental reorientation in our understanding of British grand strategy in the Second World War.

Contents:

Introduction

PART I. 'GIVE US THE STUFF JUST THE SAME': THE DOMINIONS AND BRITISH WAR FINANCE

1. Britain Financing the War

2. The Dominions and British Financial Relations

3. Canadian Dollars

4. South African Gold

5. The Pacific Dominions and Sterling

PART II. 'ONLY THE AIR FORCE CAN WIN IT': THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING SCHEMES

6. British Air Strategy and the Dominions

7. The Dominions Incorporated

8. National Identity and the RAF

9. On the Fringes: South Africa and Air Training

PART III. 'WE ARE A MARITIME COMMONWEALTH': THE DOMINIONS AND BRITISH MARITIME POWER, 1939-1945

10. British Naval Strategy and the War at Sea

11. North Atlantic Convoys: Canada’s Special Role

12. Shipping on the Cape Route: South Africa’s Unexpected Triumph

PART IV. 'MARCHED AND FOUGHT WITH THE DESERT ARMY': THE DOMINIONS IN NORTH AFRICA, 1940-1942

13. The War in the Desert

14. The Dominions in the Desert

15. The Alliance in the Desert

16. A Curious Absence? Canada and the Desert War

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137589170

1137589175