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From 1923, defence of British colonies and protectorates in East Asia and Southeast Asia was centred on the "Singapore strategy".This made the assumption that Britain could send a fleet to its naval base in Singapore within two or three days of a Japanese attack, while relying on France to provide assistance in Asia via its colony in Indochina and, in the event of war with Italy, to help ...
8 November 1942 saw the first great amphibious assault of World War II. In Operation Torch , an Anglo-American force landed on the shores of Algeria and Morocco . However, even in Algeria, despite having a large British content, the allies maintained the illusion that this was an American operation in order to reduce possible resistance by the ...
The Economics of World War II (Cambridge UP, 1998). Hughes, J. R. T. "Financing the British War Effort," Journal of Economic History (1958) 18#2 pp. 193–199 in JSTOR; Pollard, Sidney. The development of the British economy, 1914-1967 (2nd ed. 1969) pp 297–355; broad coverage of all major economic topics.
This is a Timeline of the United Kingdom home front during World War II covering Britain 1939–45. For a narrative history and bibliography of the home front see United Kingdom home front during World War II, as well as history of Scotland § Second World War 1939–45 and history of Northern Ireland § Second World War. [1]
A British development of the Sherman led to the Sherman Firefly, which was the only tank able to defeat German Panther, Tiger I and Tiger II tanks at range, until the Comet tank entered service in late 1944. [77] The British divisional anti-tank weapon was the Ordnance QF 2-pounder, which had three times the range of the German 3.7 cm PaK 36. [78]
Tank, Medium, Mk.II – dug into ground with turret protruding for defence, in North Africa, & Great Britain. Medium Tank M3 – an American tank provided following purchase and later lend-lease. Standard production models were called the 'Lee', after Robert E. Lee. Tanks produced with a modified turret to British specification were called the ...
The UK Ministry of Health advertised the evacuation programme through posters, among other means. The poster depicted here was used in the London Underground.. The evacuation of civilians in Britain during the Second World War was designed to defend individuals, especially children, from the risks associated with aerial bombing of cities by moving them to areas thought to be less at risk.
8 November – World War II: British and American troops invade French North Africa in Operation Torch. 13 November – World War II: Allied troops recapture Tobruk. 17 November – World War II: Admiral Max Horton takes over from Percy Noble as Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches, with responsibility for the safety of Atlantic convoys.