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Author: Roger Broad Publisher: ISBN: 9781781553961 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 224
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The heroic myth of 20th century British history is that after the fall of France in June 1940 Britain 'stood alone'. This ignores the millions of men and women from around the world who, largely voluntarily, rallied to the British cause. As in 1914-18 Britain in 1939-45 could call on the human and material resources of the world's greatest empire.
Author: Roger Broad Publisher: ISBN: 9781781553961 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 224
Book Description
The heroic myth of 20th century British history is that after the fall of France in June 1940 Britain 'stood alone'. This ignores the millions of men and women from around the world who, largely voluntarily, rallied to the British cause. As in 1914-18 Britain in 1939-45 could call on the human and material resources of the world's greatest empire.
Author: Roger Broad Publisher: Fonthill Media ISBN: Category : History Languages : en Pages : 224
Book Description
Britain did not ‘stand-alone’ in 1940 after the fall of FranceMen and women from around the world fought in British Empire forces in two global warsUnpublished personal memoirs and other sources now record their experience and achievementsThe first overall recognition of their contribution The great heroic myth of 20th century British history is that after the fall of France in June 1940, Britain ‘stood alone’. This does a great disservice to the millions of men and women from around the world who rallied to the British cause. As in 1914-1918, Britain in 1939-1945 could call on the human and material resources of the world’s greatest empire, and without them could not have held off Germany and Italy, and later Japan. In the First World War, Britain initially depended on volunteers to form Kitchener’s ‘New Army’, but from 1916, it had to resort to conscription. The imperial forces were mainly raised voluntarily although, as in Britain, various forms of social and economic pressure were applied to get men into uniform. In both wars, some Commonwealth and Empire territories applied formal conscription. In 1939-1945, these countries doubled the military manpower available from Britain itself. Volunteers and Pressed Men: How Britain and its Empire Raised its Forces in Two World Wars draws on official documents, diaries, memoirs and other sources to describe how, alongside Britain’s own forces, men and women drawn from the Americas to the Pacific served, fought and suffered injury and death in Britain’s cause. Illustrations: 28 black-and-white photographs
Author: Paul R. Gamble Publisher: Kogan Page Publishers ISBN: 9780749436490 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 244
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Knowledge management can be defined as identifying, organizing, transferring and using the information and knowledge, both personal and institutional, within an organization to support its strategic objectives. Knowledge Management sets out to show readers how to do so.
Author: Christopher P. Magra Publisher: Cambridge University Press ISBN: 1316875911 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 351
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Poseidon's Curse interprets the American Revolution from the vantage point of the Atlantic Ocean. Christopher P. Magra traces how British naval impressment played a leading role in the rise of Great Britain's seaborne empire, yet ultimately contributed significantly to its decline. Long reliant on appropriating free laborers to man the warships that defended British colonies and maritime commerce, the British severely jeopardized mariners' earning potential and occupational mobility, which led to deep resentment toward the British Empire. Magra explains how anger about impressment translated into revolutionary ideology, with impressment eventually occupying a major role in the Declaration of Independence as one of the foremost grievances Americans had with the British government.
Author: J. Ross Dancy Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd ISBN: 1783270039 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 229
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Overturns the generally held view that the press gang was the main means of recruiting seamen by the British navy in the late eighteenth century.
Author: Ole Feldbæk Publisher: Casemate Publishers ISBN: 0850528755 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 287
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Written by the leading Danish authority on the period, this splendid work brings to life Nelson's historic victory immortalised by his so famously turning a blind eye to his superior's order to halt operations. As well as describing the brilliance of the British tactics, the work fascinatingly reveals the desperate action and great bravery displayed by the Danish defenders who suffered appallingly in the fighting.
Author: Roger Broad
Author: Roger Broad
Author: Roger Broad
Author: Paul R. Gamble
Author: Christopher P. Magra
Author: J. Ross Dancy
Author: Ole Feldbæk
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