DURBAN 1942 (Hardcover)

G.R. Rubin

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On 13 January 1942 hundreds of army and air force servicemen due to sail from Durban on the British troopship City of Canterbury refused to board the vessel in defiance of their commanders and of the British Military and Naval authorities in South Africa. Gerry Rubin sees this unusual and dramatic incident in the round. Besides examining the legal case itself, its precedents and its outcome, he looks at both the human factors involved and at the wider background. In so doing he deals with a little-mentioned aspect of the war but one familiar to hundreds of thousands of servicemen: the journey by troopship via the Cape to the Middle and Far East.

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Imprint:	Hambledon Continuum
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 1992
First published:	August 2003
Authors:	G.R. Rubin
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	184
ISBN-13:	978-1-85285-080-7
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	English
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War Books > History > European history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Maritime history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > World history > From 1900 > Second World War Promotions
LSN:	1-85285-080-9
Barcode:	9781852850807