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A Very British Experience - Coalition, Defence and Strategy in the Second World War (Hardcover)
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A Very British Experience - Coalition, Defence and Strategy in the Second World War (Hardcover)
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In terms of the Second World War and Britain's wartime strategy
three elements deserve close scrutiny: the paramount importance of
defending the British mainland and its population; the challenges
of building and maintaining coalitions and alliances; and the
central role the African continent assumed in all British strategic
planning. A concluding essay reflects upon the degree to which in
the face of an often uncertain and unconvincing approach these
critical themes underpinned the British experience of the conflict.
Topics addressed include 1940 and the Defence of Britain; relations
with the United States; the British Empire Air Training Plan;
General (Boy) Browning and Operation Market Garden; the recall of
General Alan Cunningham from Libya in 1941; plans for defending the
Royal Family; Exercise Genesis, which turned west London into a
battleground for a day in May 1942; and the role of the Eastern
Fleet off Africa. Andrew Stewart provides a compelling chapter on
the loss of the Tobruk garrison in June 1942 -- one of the worst
military disasters suffered by the British Empire during the Second
World War. The essay on Tobruk demonstrates how all three defining
elements of wartime experience converged: the loss of public
confidence about how the war was being conducted; its impact on the
relationship with the Union of South Africa, a key partner in the
Dominion wartime coalition; and the absolute necessity that existed
for deep strategic planning on the African continent --
subsequently to be realised at the final battle at El Alamein.
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